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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: 9 Dec 1995 09:34:06 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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dan@dna.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu wrote:
]
] In <4a7385$50q@rover.village.org>, imp@village.org (Warner Losh) writes:
] )In article <4a5765$h5n@mercury.mcs.com>, Leslie Mikesell <les@MCS.COM> wrote:
] )>Speaking of file systems, are there any plans for a file system that
] )>Linux, freebsd and Windows NT can all read so you could build
] )>a dual-boot machine that could always get to the same files?
] )
] )It's called FAT :-)
]
] Is the Freebsd FAT still broken ? (i.e. not safe to write...)
Depends. Is you partition a multiple of the cluster size, or
did you use FIPS to shrink your DOS partition? Using FIPS is
apparently what makes it go to hell.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.