Format vfat in Linux so Win2k can read it

Mon May 1 20:50:23 UTC 2006

On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 12:50:02PM -0400, Ansar Mohammed wrote:
> Format it as fat32

FAT16 can't go past 4GB (on NT) or 2GB (on Win9x).  So it would be FAT32.

I don't remember if Win2k got support for larger FAT32 in a service
pack, or if it simply doesn't support it.  XP should support it, but
still can't format them itself (for stupid reasons only microsoft can
explain).

Len Sorensen
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