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Date:      Sun, 13 Oct 2002 16:04:55 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        "DaleCo, S.P.---'the solutions people'" <daleco@daleco.biz>
Cc:        b0w3n@attbi.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can I and where to learn how?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210131558120.54073-100000@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <005301c272f6$c5ba5700$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable>

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On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, DaleCo, S.P.---'the solutions people' wrote:

> Good question.  FBSD can read NTFS, I think, but I don't think
> it speaks FAT.   (I could be wrong here.)  I've never tried mounting
> a Windoze HDD in a FBSD box, can't think of why I'd want to

See:

man mount_msdos

Useful for dual-boot situations where you want to read data files on
other partitions.  And other things too, of course.

I can't see why the OP would use it in that situation, and can think of
good reasons *not* to use it.  FFS is native to FreeBSD and is less
likely to get screwed up than FAT even if FAT were native.  I've not
benchmarked it, but I'll bet FFS is faster as well.  Through Samba or
FTP, the clients won't know the difference.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA


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