Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 17:03:46 -0500 From: David Deaven <deaven@execpc.com> To: Neal Westfall <nwestfal@Vorlon.odc.net> Cc: richard strutt <richard_strutt@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mounting fat32 partitions. Message-ID: <199808222204.RAA04497@pop00.execpc.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 22 Aug 1998 14:19:18 PDT." <Pine.LNX.3.96.980822141808.23718A-100000@Vorlon.odc.net>
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I have also used the patch on 2.2.6 successfully. As an alternative to going to 2.2.7, note that 2.2.6-STABLE also supports fat32. that's what I am currently using. >This patch does work, currently using it on a 2.2.6 box. However, >2.2.7 supports fat32 out of the box. > >On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, richard strutt wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm using freeBSD 2.2.6 and want to mount fat32 partitions. I have been >> told my a number of sources that this is not possible currently. >> However, one kind fellow pointed me towards: >> >> http://members.aol.com/hyama99/index.html >> >> This patch for mount_msdos and the kernel seems to allow just that! >> >> I was wondering whether anyone has tried this patch with success or >> otherwise on 2.2.6, or whether there are any similar offerings from >> elsewhere. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rich. >> >> richard_strutt@hotmail.com >> richard@strutt.globalnet.co.uk >> >> ______________________________________________________ >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- ------------------------------------- David Deaven deaven@execpc.com http://www.execpc.com/~deaven To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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