Can Linux and MAC read FAT32 disk drives?

Question

Can Linux and MAC read FAT32 disk drives? Is FAT32 better than FAT?

Answer 1

Yes, Linux and MAC can read FAT-formatted drives. FAT32 is superior to FAT for most purposes, so you should use it if possible. Generally speaking, Linux cannot read NTFS drives, nor can Windows read ext2 or ext3 file systems, so you should stick to FAT for data that you must use in more than one OS. Good luck!

Answer 2

Linux can surely read FAT32 Disk drives.
First step will be to find the drive option for the FAT32 drive.
You can find it using the FDISK command.
It will be something like
for C: it might be /dev/hda1

Then you have to open the file in the path
/etc/fstab

Add the entry to the file to read that partition

Answer 3

Yes. All flavors of Linux can read and write FAT32, and OS X (as it is based on Darwin, which in turn is based on FreeBSD, *NOT* Linux) can read and write FAT32.

Answer 4

I know for a fact Linux does, you just have to make sure your kernel has it enabled. From that I would assume OS X does since it is based on the Linux Kernel.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Yes, and yes.