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Date:      Wed, 20 May 1998 03:43:19 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org>
To:        FDameronUT <FDameronUT@aol.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD and fat32.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980520033939.222A-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <52a365b8.35624d23@aol.com>

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On Tue, 19 May 1998, FDameronUT wrote:

> I have a PC with Windows95 OSR2 using fat32. I do have a 2 gig partition that
> I wish to dedicate to a Unix like OS. My question(s), does freeBSD support
> read/write access to fat32 partitions? 

In -current only.


> If not, are there patches and how would I go about installing them since my
> other partitions are fat32 and my only internet access is provided through
> Windows?

It looks like there are patches to add it to -stable.  I didn't
even know about these patches until today, so you asked your
question at just the right time...  :-)

See http://members.aol.com/hyama99/.

I'm not sure why the above isn't in -stable already, or if/when
it will go in...


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