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mounting a fat 32 on OS X
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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Is it possible to mount a window fat32 external drive under os x ?
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Join Date: Feb 2001
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I know OS X can read/write/create "MS-DOS Filesystems" but I think that's FAT-16.
I don't know how well OS X supports FAT-32.
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/Earth\ Mk\.\ I{2}/
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Note that NTFS support is read only. This is true with the built in drivers in Panther as well.
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Originally posted by aderium:
Is it possible to mount a window fat32 external drive under os x ?
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Yes. How's it connected, USB or Firewire? Just plug it in, it will show up in the finder. No problems whatsoever.
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Originally posted by Earth Mk. II:
I know OS X can read/write/create "MS-DOS Filesystems" but I think that's FAT-16.
I don't know how well OS X supports FAT-32.
No it's FAT16 or FAT32. FAT16 is so old it's ridiculous.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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MS-DOS option is FAT32. FAT32 will read and write in OSX without issue. Best to follow Windows file naming rules and leave alone any invisible files each OS will write that the other will display.
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Join Date: May 2002
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FAT hard drives with more than 128GB are NOT supported in Jaguar. The Jaguar FAT driver has been virtually unchanged since 1996. Panther, however, comes with a new FAT driver and I guess that this problem will be fixed then.
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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I have an external firewire hd that had been formatted ntfs (in a Compusa case) for use with a Vaio laptop which I traded away a month ago. I figured I'd wait for Panther to format it for use with my Mac. A few days ago on a whim I tried getting it to mount in OS X 2.8. When connected directly to the firewire port it wouldn't mount. However, when connected through a bridge cable connected to my external combo drive ( new ADS case) the ntfs hd showed on the OS X desktop as read only! I then booted into OS 9 and the drive showed up as unreadable. I was then able to format it as a Mac hd. This is all kinda strange but I do have my external drive back for use on the Mac. 
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