Re: disklabel generating wrong fstype

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

mlh%goathill.org@localhost (MLH) writes:

>and used newfs_msdos. Then I took to a Windows laptop and did a
>fast format with exFAT and it is back to the beginning again
>where I can't mount but it does stil have the disklabel:

> d: 250085376         0     unused      0     0        # (Cyl.      0 - 122111)
> e: 250052608     32768      MSDOS                     # (Cyl.     16 - 122111)

Doesn't make mount_msdos support exFAT. You need the filesystems/fuse-exfat
package from pkgsrc to use exFAT with NetBSD.


>However, fdisk now reports :
>0: NTFS, OS/2 HPFS, QNX2 or Advanced UNIX (sysid 7)
>    start 32768, size 250052608 (122096 MB, Cyls 2/10/9-15567/24/9)
>1: <UNUSED>
>2: <UNUSED>
>3: <UNUSED>

Microsoft chose to use the same sysid 7 for an exFAT partition,
but the fdisk output predates exFAT, so it's not mentioned in that
list.

The main reason for that entry is that it is not to be confused with
a FAT filesystem. exFAT is something completely different.


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