FAT32 corruption writing from Linux

[David Woyciesjes]

Alex Janssen wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am having trouble with a mounted FAT32 file system.  I've never 
> experienced this before.
> I set up the  30GB FAT32 partition, created with Win XP, to share data 
> between WinXP and Linux on a dual-boot system.
> 
> Some times, more often than not, Windows reports crosslinked files and 
> invalid FAT entries after writing to this drive with Linux apps, 
> Thunderbird and GIMP I have seen cause this because I use them most 
> often with this partition.

	You might want to check out Microsoft's web site. I seem to recall 
reading about a ~30GB limit for FAT 32 partitions. Or that might apply 
to Windows 98 on a FAT32 partition.
	Either way, you might want to try shrinking it down to 25GB or so, and 
see what happens.

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--- Dave Woyciesjes
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