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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: can fat32 partition be mounted?
Date: 1 May 1997 13:29:47 GMT
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In article <E9Hr0K.Moo@rockyd.rockefeller.edu>,
Dan Ts'o <dan@dnn.rockefeller.edu> writes:
> Cengiz Alaettinoglu <cengiz@isi.edu> wrote:
> Brian Somers wrote:
>>
>> In article <33554DFA.41C67EA6@isi.edu>
>> The can, but the long filenames aren't understood. Also, beware of
>> the bug ! If you see something that says your cluster size is wrong,
>> unmount it immediately or you'll suffer.
>>
>> You'd be better to use mtools. I believe they support long filenames.
>
> But mtools really isn't a substitute is it ? It doesn't let you
> mount FAT.
> Maybe ok for copying a few files, but I have 500Mb DOS files that
> I don't want to have to copy around, merely use.
Work on a new driver is underway - no estimates yet though.
> Is it at least safe to mount the FAT filesystem read-only ?
I'm not sure, but I wouldn't bet on it.
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !