sandmanfvrga Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 I searched the net and this forum (the search on this forum is horrilbe. I searched for "vlc" and got nothing but there are discussions on this) and I can't find the "how to" on mounting fat 32 partitions and drives in OS X. I know OS X can see and work with FAT 32 like Linux. My second hard drive is FAT 32 for just this reason. Now I was thinking that maybe I needed to share the drive and put my OSX user as Full Control over it? Just wondering since I put my second hard drive in the OSX machine (slowly testing things step by step) and nothing showed up on the desktop. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21608-success-fat-32-partitionseperate-drive-in-osx/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Check your partition information. FAT32/16 will usually show up on OS X. I have my FAT32 partition on a 5gig partition inside an extended partition. Perhaps you have too many primary partitions ( more than 4) on the place where you have your FAT file system? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21608-success-fat-32-partitionseperate-drive-in-osx/#findComment-142676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 Right now I have two drives (doing a test to see how things work before I move over). The first drive (50 gig) is pure OSX86 and the second drive (60 gig) is one FAT 32 partition. I made the OSX hard drive master and the FAT 32 slave. I got a DVD-RW drive that is master and a CD-RW drive that is slave. The optical drives work and the OSX drive works, of course, but the FAT 32 drive will not show up. I have to research the limits of FAT 32 but the large partition size wouldn't matter would it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21608-success-fat-32-partitionseperate-drive-in-osx/#findComment-142693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 If you are testing, try creating a temporary 32gig or less primary FAT32 partition. There is also a 4 primary partition limitation per drive. the latter shouldn't apply to you. The following applies to a Win platforum: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;EN-US;q314463 Another thing you can do is back up whatever data you have on your large 60gig FAT32 system drive and re-create a large FAT32 (entire disk) using a 3rd party application, partition magik, acronis, etc. Just remember that you cannot format a volume larger than 32 giga in size using the FAT32 file system. I would think this would apply during windows install and working in windows. IMO, I think you are wasting a lot of disk space formatting a 60gig drive as FAT32. Why not use some of that valuable space to save images of your current OS X install just in case? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21608-success-fat-32-partitionseperate-drive-in-osx/#findComment-142735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 FAT 32 can't format larger than 32 gig during installation, but it can mount Fat 32 partitions larger afterward, got to read that carefully on that page. Maybe OS X works on the 32 gig limit so that it can format and all the other functions on a Fat 32 partition. I made the drive Fat 32 with Partition Magic 7, so I can resize it and then try it again. Why do I use Fat 32? Simple, I barely have 5 gigs of stuff now and was using a 10 gig Fat 32 partition. I put it on Fat 32 due to my uses with Linux and such. I will dual boot with Windows and I want data that is accessable with both XP and OSX. Like all Linux users have found, Fat 32 is the way to go to share data and it is the same for OSX users. Plus OS's crash and burn sometimes, OSX I think very rarely vs. Windows but to have it on a seperate drive is a life saver. I have been saved many a times with Windows and Linux dieing and my stuff on a seperate storage. Quick reinstall and I was back in business. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21608-success-fat-32-partitionseperate-drive-in-osx/#findComment-142814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 Didnt get to try this last night, was to busy. I will try this tonight and shrink the partition down. I hope this works cause seeing my other drive is essential for me running OSX. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21608-success-fat-32-partitionseperate-drive-in-osx/#findComment-143395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 SUCCESS!! I shrank my Fat32 to 30 gigs and my other partition on the drive showed up on the desktop to. THe 32 gig limit on Fat32 was the key. Sweet. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21608-success-fat-32-partitionseperate-drive-in-osx/#findComment-143661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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