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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: 21 Apr 1997 10:34:17 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <3358251A.2781E494@isi.edu>,
Cengiz Alaettinoglu <cengiz@isi.edu> writes:
> 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.
>
> Thanks. Are you referring to the
> "root directory is not a multiple of the cluster size in lehgth"
> warning I was getting?
That's the one ! Run away !!!!
> I unmounted the partition and deleted it from fstab. As far as I can see
> no damage is done yet. I have FreeBSD 2.2.1.
Good deal.
> I will check mtools.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cengiz
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
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Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !