Re: VFAT Madness

Larry M. Augustin (lma@varesearch.com)
Tue, 1 Jul 1997 10:02:46 -0700


Try changing the partition size slightly, e.g. make it one cylinder
smaller. I've seen cases where certain partition sizes would not
be recognized as MS-DOS partitions by Linux.

Larry

>Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 19:28:20 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "SethMeister G." <shaggy@jade.cs.binghamton.edu>
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>Hey there,
>
> Just a few more bits of INFO regarding my problem.
>
> -- The partition in question is a bona-fide FAT16 partition, created
> with Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.
>
> -- I have successfully mounted a similar partition (Win95OEMSR2, FAT16)
> with the Linux vfat driver (I have enclosed a GOOD one below)
>
> -- I have not yet tried the FAT32 driver, but I will (don't see why it
> would work, tho).
>
> -Seth
>
>
>Again, Sorry MIME!
>
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