Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 15:04:51 -0700 From: Robert Clark <ROBERTC@PII.COM> To: nadav@barcode.co.il, jens@tfs.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, bjorn@tfs.com, roos@tfs.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.2 and FAT32 filesystems... -Reply Message-ID: <s30dbae8.010@pii.com>
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The one time I tried to use Partition Magic to convert a Fat32 volume back into a Fat16 volume, it appeared that PM needed to add a "boot shim" to make it happen. In this case, it appeard that PM is NOT MAGIC. I sent a question in about this, to their support sendto, but haven't heard anything yet. Be scared, be very scared. [RC] Frodo Lives! >>> Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> 08/20/97 01:25am >>> Grandpa' 'enz wrote: > > Hi, > > a collegue wants to install FreeBSD 2.2.2 on his new PC. It has been > setup by the manufacturer to use the whole disk as a Win95/DOS FAT > 32 filesystem. So, he should run FIPS, right? But, the FIPS version > on the 2.2.2 CD seems only to handle FAT16 filesystems. Is the a > FIPS32 somwhere "in the world"? Or, does he have to repartition the > disk and create a FAT16 Primary DOS partition? > > Will FreeBSD be able to mount FAT32 filesystems? I know it handles > FAT16s, but... > > Comments, directions appreciated... Partition Magic V3 (http://www.partition.com, about $70 IIRC), can do all sorts of magic with partitions, including converting a FAT32 partition to FAT16. > > -- > > +============================================================================+ > ! Jens Andersen - jens@tfs.com ! > ! Phone: +47 2289 8298 - Home: +47 6486 7379 ! > ! Fax.: +47 2221 7026 - Pager: +47 9672 8912 ! > +============================================================================+ Nadav
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