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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!knews.uk0.vbc.net!vbcnet-gb!azure.xara.net!xara.net!newsfeed.nacamar.de!worldnet.att.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!sprint!cs.utexas.edu!news.tamu.edu!news.utdallas.edu!nrchh45.rich.nt.com!bcarh8ac.bnr.ca!bmdhh222.bnr.ca!tsbarry From: tsbarry@nortel.ca (Barry Scott) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FAT32 is not VFAT Date: 1 May 1997 15:24:20 GMT Organization: Bell Northern Research Lines: 11 Message-ID: <5kacj4$o91@bmdhh222.bnr.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: bmdhh3ff.bnr.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40128 Windows 95 OSR2 has introduced a new file system type called FAT32. FAT32 allow for more then 65536 clusters, which allows for more effiecent storage on big disks. Unless you run Windows 95 OSR2 you have FAT16 file system. You will not be able to access a FAT32 partition using the existing FreeBSD MS DOS file system driver. BArry