Problem mounting FAT32 hard drive

[Curt Eckhart]

I don't know why this should work.  The 2Gb limit on FAT32 has to do
with the maximum addressable unit that DOS can handle.  While things may
appear ok, I have a feeling that once data needs to be stored past the
2Gb mark on the partition that bad things will happen under windows.

I think you should try storing more than 2gb on the partition to prove
that it works ok.  Linux can probably handle it, but I'll bet that MSxx
can't.

Curt Eckhart
Florida Legislature
curt at nospam. shadetree.net 
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Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 4:30 PM
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Subject: Re: Problem mounting FAT32 hard drive

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the hint. I assumed it was not possible because disk druid
refuses
to create vfat partitions bigger than 2Gb.

[]s, Fernando Lozano

> > I use vfat on RHL8/9 and FC1 to mount partitions with more than 2Gb
(tried 6, 8
> > and 22Gb) from Win95, 98 and ME. No problems readgin and writing,
but neither
> > can create then (have to create/format using windoze). Scandisk has
no
complains.
> > 
> 
> Assuming you want to nuke /dev/hdb1 and use FAT32 (vfat):
> 
> # mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/hdb1
> 
> One thing I will note about this. Real Windows doesn't always like
> partitions made this way (at least for booting). I think it has to do
> with cylinder boundaries. Keeping a win98 emergency boot disk around
for
> this purpose is a good idea. 
> 
> -- 
> Chris Kloiber
> Red Hat, Inc.


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