I just tried putting a FAT 32 file system on a ~ 3 GB partition using tomsrtbt 2.0.103, mkdosfs 0.4.1, September 1998. I then restored the old boot record:
echo formatting /dev/hda1 mkdosfs $blockcheck -F 32 /dev/hda1 # restore FAT boot sector. dd if=dev.hda1 of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1 I then mounted the partition to see what was there, and the old root directory appeared to be there. Scandisk reported numerous errors, mostly the root directory files being shorter than the directory entry indicated. It looks like the verion of mkdosfs on Fedora Core 1 (mkdosfs 2.8 (28 Feb 2001)) will do the job correctly. Has anyone else seen this? -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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