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How to mount a real HD FAT partition with the FAT.handler?

April 26, 2017fat fat.handler HD Mount partition

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How to mount a real HD FAT partition with the FAT.handler?

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Currently the FAT volumes are autodetected and automounted, but here`s how to manually mount it. First you`d need to read the drive`s geometry and write down some values. You can use HDToolbox or Linux fdisk for that. The BlocksPerTrack value is taken from the sectors/track value. Note that it has absolutely nothing to do with the physical disk geometry – FAT only uses it as a multiplier. If you get the Cylinders e.g.