Re: Fat 32 and linux: can I mount?

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From: Michael Meissner
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 00:00

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cfreet@eatel.net (Christian D Freet) writes:

> Does linux recognize FAT 32?  I have been unable to mount my second
> partition which uses the FAT 32 file system...
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.....

Newer kernels support FAT32, so you probably need to rev up to 2.2.x or
2.0.36.  Mount the disk with type vfat, just like for FAT16 disks.

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Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PO Box 98, Ayer Massachusetts, USA 01432-0098
meissner@cygnus.com

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