[Discussion] FAT file systems

[Thomas Clayton]

Dear Stratton

Just reading this message gave me these thoughts for you:

LVM (and such, e.g. FDISK) are for 'partition-able media' which generally means (meant?) NON removable media, i.e. fixed disks.

The 'other way' of treating removable media is as a 'large floppy'.
So, maybe, eCS can't tell anymore which it is?
... but others have succeeded with FAT32 USB 'sticks'. 
Yes? If, SO, then that can not be 'it'.

IF the USB 'stick' came UNready for use (NO formatting, let alone attempted partitioning) then, maybe, since LVM is a replacement for FDISK, LVM might 'get to' prepare the stick, itself. (?)

Lastly, when I've used a USB 'stick' (FAT16, 128MB; _maybe_ I used a 1GB _at most_) with 'our OS' (Warp 3C, FP40),
 I seem to remember having it plugged-in _AT_ power-on and boot
 AND
 NOT removing it till AFTER OS shutdown AND Hw power-off
 - just like I do with USB 'sticks' and 16-bit DOS.

(How's THAT for a run-on sentence! My apologies to Wm. Safire, Esther S., and anyone else who reacts in (justifiable) repulsion at my wording.)
 
Thomas Clayton



--- On Sat, 12/19/09, 73357.3046 at compuserve.com <73357.3046 at compuserve.com> wrote:

> From: 73357.3046 at compuserve.com <73357.3046 at compuserve.com>
> Subject: Re: [Discussion] FAT file systems
> To: discussion at lists.possi.org
> Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 2:49 PM
> Thanks Joe.

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: Joseph J. Hansen <jhansen at LexSA.com>
> 
> Sent: Thu, Dec 17, 2009 9:24 am
> 
> Subject: Re: [Discussion] FAT file systems


> December 17, 2009
> 
> I think FAT32.IFS is supposed to let OS/2 read and write
> FAT32 files.  Is 
> config.sys really loading it (i.e., no error message while
> booting)?.  Is the 
> drive really FAT32 formatted?
> -----------------------------------

Well
> that's how I hoped it would work.  But it doesn't
> seem to.As far as
> I can tell, FAT32.IFS is loading without errors.  I see no
> error messages.  I can format it in FAT32 using
> DFSee.MAC OS X, DFSee and Windows XP all
> report that the thumb drive is formatted FAT32.  I am able
> to read and write the drive from both OS X and
> WinXP.When I plug it into the computer
> running eCS (v. 2.0 RC6a), I get the message "The
> device L: has been attached!".  However, when I try to
> open it from the Drives folder, I get the successive
> messages "No objects were found that matched the
> specified find criteria" and "The drive or
> diskette is not formatted
> correctly.".LVM, on
> the other hand, while it sees the device is present,
> apparently can't do anything with it.  It shows as 1908
> MB of free space.  But when I try to create a partition or a
> volume, it reports "This free space is
> unusable".So I
> don't know where to go from here.  It looks as though
> something I need is missing.
> 
> Stratton