Linux and FAT 32

[Donkey]

Just a quick one. Does Linux support fat32 drives or do i need to convert into fat16 if i want linux to see my windows drives.
cheers

[CMonster]

In a short word, YES. The newer kernels do support FAT32, but in order to see the FAT32 volumes you will have to mount them.

[bdog]

CMonster is correct. I am using mandrake 6.0 and it is able to see fat32 partitions.
to do so, logged on as root, type:
mkdir /mnt/windows
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

[CMonster]

If you go with RedHat 6.0 or 6.1 you will not have to worry about drivers for that video card - it has them.

Caldera 2.2 -2.3 is also very nice version of Linux.

[Donkey]

Thanks guys. I haven't got round to installing it yet i am just preparing everything and making sure all will go smoothly. Which of course it probably won't and then i'll be at this board like a shot for help and counselling.

One more thing. I Have a Rage 128 based card which i know isn't supported by Xfree86 on the latest release but i have found that SuSE has a set of drivers which will work. Will these drivers work in any linux distribution or only SuSE. I was thinking of running Red Hat.
cheers Donkey

[This message has been edited by Donkey (edited 11-23-1999).]