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Date:      Sun, 27 Sep 1998 09:54:16 +1000 (EST)
From:      Carey Nairn <cpn@dpac.tas.gov.au>
To:        Bill Scharf <billscharf@kuntrynet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Windows 98 FAT32 compatibility
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980927094856.3825A-100000@jumpgate.cpn.org.au>
In-Reply-To: <000501bde8fc$27bc5ae0$b7a7ad0a@kuntrynet.com>

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On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Bill Scharf wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I was just wondering if FreeBSD supports Windows 98's FAT32 filesystem. I
> tried installing FreeBSD the other day, only to find out that it won't work
> with the Fat32 filesystem. Besides purchasing Partition Magic, are there any
> free programs that will let me dual-boot between Win98 and Freebsd with a
> fat32 filesystem?

I just set up a dual boot Win98/FreeBSD machine for a friend yesterday.
The boot manager I used was osbsbeta (from the tools directory on the CD).
The only problem I had was that I had to use DOS fdisk to set the Win98
partition active once FreeBSD was installed.

cheers,
Carey Nairn


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