Formatting your drive in FAT32 ShowFormatting your drive in FAT32
Issue
Solution
Issue
Windows XP normally refuse to format a partition higher than 40 GB with FAT32. however this operation performs properly with NTFS
Solution
The solution for this issue is to boot...
Mounting a partition Windows (VFAT/FAT32). ShowMounting a partition Windows (VFAT/FAT32)
The following command enables you to mount a VFAT partition (file system in Windows 95):
mount-t vfat / dev/hda1 / mnt/win95
Mounting a partition FAT-16(MS-DOS) ShowMounting a partition FAT-16(MS-DOS)
To mount a partition as from FAT 16, you just have to type the following:
mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt/hdd
The file system ms-dos (FAT-16) must be installed in the Kernel in filesystems...
FAT16 and FAT32 ShowThe FAT16 file system
The first file system to be used on a Microsoft operating system was the FAT system, which uses a file allocation table. The file allocation table is actually an index which lists the content of the disk in order to record the...
