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Format large Fat32 volumes in Panther
Here are the format directions, just my editing. Since this info was not easy for me to find a few months ago, maybe someone else is out there trying to format an external drive so they can access it from both a Windows PC and Mac OS.
1. Attach drive to Mac
2. Open Disk Utility. Find the disk in the list that you want to format, control-click and select “Information”.
3. Find the “Disk Identifier” number which should be something like disk1, disk2, disk3 etc. Remember the number as you will need it on step 5.
4. Open Terminal
5. type fdisk -e /dev/rdisk# where # is the number from step 3.
6. type auto dos
7. type write
8. type quit
9. type newfs_msdos -F 32 -v “VolumeName” /dev/rdisk#s1 where # is the disk number from step 3 & 5
10. You should be done. If you want more details or what to know exactly what is going on check out the link above.