Date: 09 Dec 2004 10:00:17 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Phusion <phusion2k@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FAT32 Partition? Message-ID: <44brd3o6ta.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <c3ed3fdc0412081414137ad213@mail.gmail.com> References: <c3ed3fdc0412081414137ad213@mail.gmail.com>
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Phusion <phusion2k@gmail.com> writes: > I'm having problems accessing a shared FAT32 partition in FreeBSD 5.3. > When I try to mount the partition, it says: bad FAT32 filesystem. I'll > explain what I'm trying to do, and what I've tried. I have one hard > drive, and I'm trying to get Windows XP Pro, FreeBSD 5.3, and Fedora > on it. I want to have one FAT32 partition that is shared between all > three operating systems. Here's the steps I've followed. > > - Install Windows XP Pro > create a primary partition, NTFS > - Install FreeBSD 5.3 > create a primary partition, UFS2 > - Install Fedora > manually partition with disk druid, create a boot partition, FAT > partition, and swap drive > > Here's what the partitions look like to Fedora. > hdc1 ntfs (Primary) > hdc2 bsd (Primary) > hdc3 / ext3 (Primary) > hdc4 Extended > hdc5 /share vfat > hdc6 swap > > When tried this way, the FAT32 partition is created by Fedora. The > partition can be read + written to in Windows XP, and Fedora. In > FreeBSD I can't mount it. Can FreeBSD 5.3 read FAT32 partitions on > extended partitions? When I create the FAT32 partition as a primary > partition I can read and write to it in FreeBSD fine. Does anyone have > advice on how I can do this. If so let me know. Thanks. It should work fine. What device are you using to mount it from FreeBSD, and does that device exist in /dev?
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