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Date:      Tue, 4 Mar 1997 21:42:59 -0500 (EST)
From:      Gregory James Hormann <ghormann@indiana.edu>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        Robert Clark <ROBERTC@PII.COM>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: (DOS) Partition Size / Cluster Size.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.970304214101.1000A-100000@wawasee.read.indiana.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970304170755.22395A-100000@localhost>

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> 
> Yes it does, and it makes FreeBSD's msdosfs code go bonkers.  DOS can
> handle it though.  THat's why FIPS'd volumes are often ususable with
> FreeBSD (you get the Warning: root is not a multiple of clustersize in
> length or somesuch).

Even though I never used FIPS, I still get that error when I try to mount
a 1GB drive who's only partition is a DOS partition 1GB long.

Greg. 




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