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exFat or FAT32 ?

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Valery Sedletski:
> I have got ArcaOS 5.0.2 and have installed a FAT32.IFS Netlabs driver (0.10-r384)

So, it indeed has exFAT support. Also, there is support for FAT12/FAT16 with LFN's.

> I have got serious problems with FAT32 partitions on my Hard Disc with FAT32. ArcaOS often hangs.

It's hard to tell why it could hang without some investigation. Did you tried to run CHKDSK? Maybe, some disk errors?
Also, we need some debug info got when it's hanging. There are some debug options. You can use f32mon utility to
see some debug on screen. Also, newer OS/2 loaders like QSINIT, os4ldr or arcaldr support debugging via system log buffer.
So, you can copy the log buffer from a device to a file, like in some drivers like danis506 or uniaud.

Also, there is COM port support. If the system hangs, then you could take a debug log via a COM port and a null modem cable.
All three options show the same log. The latter option is useful when system hangs, or TRAP's There are some tips in fat32.inf
about debugging. Also, you can ask me here.

So, if you wish to debug the problems, we can try. And, there is a bugtracker at http://trac.netlabs.org/fat32/, so
we could continue there.

PS: Sorry about a late answer, I was busy :(

Martin Vieregg:
It seems that the problems with FAT32 did vanish with ArcaOS 5.0.6 and its FAT32 driver. I cannot explain the behaviour. It seemed to be random problems.

Dave Yeo:
Greg has made quite a few minor fixes to the Arca Noae fork that has made it more stable. IIRC, 5.0.7 has more updates to the driver

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