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by **Philip Rodrigue** » Sat, 05 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Windows 98 seems to think it would be a brilliant idea for me to convert my
HD (the windows bits, anyway) to FAT32. If I do, will I still be able to
mount it in Linux?
Please reply by mail,
Thanks
PhilRod

by **David Groga** » Sat, 05 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Yeah, im pretty sure you still can, specify the -t vfat option to
mount. If I'm wrong, someone correct me.

> Windows 98 seems to think it would be a brilliant idea for me to convert my
> HD (the windows bits, anyway) to FAT32. If I do, will I still be able to
> mount it in Linux?
> Please reply by mail,
> Thanks
> PhilRod

by **San Edwar** » Sat, 05 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Mine mount just fine with the same specs as FAT16.
Just use vfat to mount in the /etc/fstab

>Yeah, im pretty sure you still can, specify the -t vfat option to
>mount. If I'm wrong, someone correct me.

>> Windows 98 seems to think it would be a brilliant idea for me to convert my
>> HD (the windows bits, anyway) to FAT32. If I do, will I still be able to
>> mount it in Linux?
>> Please reply by mail,
>> Thanks
>> PhilRod

San Edwards
It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser.

by **Simon Hoff** » Sun, 06 Feb 2000 04:00:00

>Windows 98 seems to think it would be a brilliant idea for me to convert my
>HD (the windows bits, anyway) to FAT32. If I do, will I still be able to
>mount it in Linux?
>Please reply by mail,
>Thanks
>PhilRod

I posted a similar question not very long ago and the general consensus
was "yes you can", but nobody mentioned the minimum kernel version
required - anybody know what kernel version is required for FAT32 support?

Thanks
Simon

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by **Peter T. Breue** » Sun, 06 Feb 2000 04:00:00

:>Windows 98 seems to think it would be a brilliant idea for me to convert my
:>HD (the windows bits, anyway) to FAT32. If I do, will I still be able to
:>mount it in Linux?
:>Please reply by mail,
:>Thanks
:>PhilRod
:>

: I posted a similar question not very long ago and the general consensus
: was "yes you can", but nobody mentioned the minimum kernel version
: required - anybody know what kernel version is required for FAT32 support?

Round about 1.1.89, as far as I recall. I was certainly mounting fat32
under 2.0.0 kernels (though I don't recall if that was a patch or not).
Anyway, support was there certainly in about 96.

Peter

by **Charles Sulliva** » Sun, 06 Feb 2000 04:00:00

>Windows 98 seems to think it would be a brilliant idea for me to convert my
>HD (the windows bits, anyway) to FAT32. If I do, will I still be able to
>mount it in Linux?
>Please reply by mail,
>Thanks
>PhilRod

I know from personal experience that releases with kernel
version 2.0.35 (Red Hat 5.1) and later have support for FAT 32.
I've heard 2.0.34 is the earliest with FAT 32 support but
cannot confirm. I've you've got one of these later kernels,
you'll probably be happier with FAT 32's large partitions
on the Windows side.

by **Ross, Kay and James Wonderle** » Mon, 07 Feb 2000 04:00:00

I succesfully installed a Slackware 3.5 distro on a Hard disk with FAT32
and Windows 98. Since then I have installed a redhat 6.0 distro, all
without any trouble with FAT 32. The main difficulty is creating the Linux
partition with FIPS. You have to turn off all the optimising when you use
the Windows 98 defrag, and run it twice to get rid of the stray sectors at
the end of the disk that prevent you from shrinking the partition. If you
already have a Linux partition, I don't think there should be a problem.

The relevent kernel versions: Oldest was 2.0.34 I don't know if earlier
ones than this work. Try 2.2.14 and sleep soundly...

Ross, Kay & James Wonderley
www.btinternet.com/~rwonderley
"...but we all know frogs go 'La-de-da-de-dah!'"

> >Windows 98 seems to think it would be a brilliant idea for me to convert my
> >HD (the windows bits, anyway) to FAT32. If I do, will I still be able to
> >mount it in Linux?
> >Please reply by mail,
> >Thanks
> >PhilRod

> I posted a similar question not very long ago and the general consensus
> was "yes you can", but nobody mentioned the minimum kernel version
> required - anybody know what kernel version is required for FAT32 support?

> Thanks
> Simon

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> "Why was I born with such contemporaries?"
> -- Oscar Wilde
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