SCOUG-HELP Mailing List Archives

<< Previous Message << >> Next Message >>

Date:	Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:50:11 PDT7
From:	sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro)
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Installing FAT32

=====================================================
If you are responding to someone asking for help who
may not be a member of this list, be sure to use the
REPLY TO ALL feature of your email program.
=====================================================

In <20040420175256.66515.qmail@bjork.linkline.com>, on 04/20/04
at 10:52 AM, waynec@linkline.com said:

I believe that even if you have a FAT32 partition, it will not be
recognized until you use Logical Volume Manager (or whatever it's called)
to Create a volume for each specific FAT32 partition. Then it will be
recognized on boot up.

Sandy

>Harry Motin writes:

>> I'd like a little help with my installation of FAT32. Basically, its not working. The bootup
>> message is that I cannot locate a FAT32 partition and therefore will not load the driver.
>>
>> After reading the documentation, I believe I know why. I would like confirmation on this.
>>
>> I created a new compatibility volume, using LVM. Then I formatted it as FAT. But that;s
>> FAT16, not FAT32. I need to have Windows installed and/or some other utility to format
>> it as FAT32. Is that right? Thanks for any information on this.
>> HCM
>>

>Yes, if you don't have a FAT32 partition on your hard drive(s), you'll
>get a message at bootup that the driver is aborting; that's not a
>problem, it should work when you DO add a fat32 partition.

>=====================================================

>To unsubscribe from this list, send an email message
>to "steward@scoug.com". In the body of the message,
>put the command "unsubscribe scoug-help".

>For problems, contact the list owner at
>"rollin@scoug.com".

>=====================================================

=====================================================

To unsubscribe from this list, send an email message
to "steward@scoug.com". In the body of the message,
put the command "unsubscribe scoug-help".

For problems, contact the list owner at
"rollin@scoug.com".

=====================================================

Return to [ 20 | April | 2004 ]

SCOUG, Warp Expo West, and Warpfest are trademarks of the Southern California OS/2 User Group. OS/2, Workplace Shell, and IBM are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. All other trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.