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Date:      Wed, 9 Feb 2000 18:17:53 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        yoav@bnt.co.il
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Win98 & Fat32
Message-ID:  <20000209181753.A82869@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <38A0361C.58D4DADA@bnt.co.il>; from yoav@bnt.co.il on Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 05:28:28PM %2B0200
References:  <38A0361C.58D4DADA@bnt.co.il>

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On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 05:28:28PM +0200, yoav@bnt.co.il wrote:
> 
> Can I install FreeBSD on a FAT32 disk (10gb) with Win98, or do I need to
> split the disk?

FreeBSD can read Win98 partitions, but you can not boot from them.  The
booting process depends on certain "features" of the filesystem, which
Windows FAT32 lacks.

You will have to split the disk, I'm afraid.

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