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from: Mike O`Connor
date: 2007-11-13 02:49:56
subject: Re: [OS2HW] fat32 failure on flash disk

Franklin wrote:
> I thought because the IFS drivers load first, they don't work on usb
> drives as they are installed later.  I've never been able to read
> anything other than FAT16 on CF, SD, and flash drives. It can be done?
>
>
> --- Mike O'Connor  wrote:
>  
>   
>> Separately I have sent you an executable to check your FAT32
>> partition
>> visibility.
>>     
Hi Franklin,

Well no problem under eCS. I'm presumably in a minority here as I 
invariably format my SD and Flash drives with partitioned HPFS/JFS 
volumes in most cases, and don't use FAT32 on removable "disks".
I didn't realise that the executable I sent (diskinfo.exe - not Dani's) 
had in the interim been renamed to F32PARTS.EXE.

I have one external Firewire/USB2.0 enclosure in which I fitted a 20GB 
Maxtor from one of my damaged desktop systems, which had 3 or 4 FAT32 
partitions on it - including bootable W2KPro, and have no problem seeing 
those partitions/volumes - even if I forget to power it off/unplug it, 
so that it's live at boot.

Regards,
Mike


 
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