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From: gpalmer@webspan.net (Gary Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FAT32 and FreeBSD
Date: 29 Jan 1997 00:45:28 GMT
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In article <32ea2809.843632@news.cc.umanitoba.ca>,
	bsw827@freenet.mb.ca (Stephane Raimbault) writes:
> I have a few questions regarding the NEW FAT32 and FBSD.
> 
> Q#1:  How do you mount a FAT32 drive on FreeBSD.  I am used to typing
> 'mount -t msdos /dev/wd0s1 /dos'  but this no longer works  :-(

VFAT / FAT32 isn't supported by the kernel code at this time. It is (I
believe) being worked on.

> Q#2:  When I boot my computer and get the BootEasy screen I have
> F1...??
> F2...BSD
> 
> How do I change ?? to what I want it to say (ex. Win95)

You need a DOS compiler (I believe) in order to compile BootEasy. The
source code is on the FTP site.

Yours

Gary