Can drives be set to identify as FAT instead of NTFS?

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Can drives be set to identify as FAT instead of NTFS?

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I have a program (Radioshack scanner software for the PRO-668) that configures and updates a device by writting data to its SD card. I can get it to see the SD card by setting the drive as a floppy disk in winecfg but It refuses to work properly because it has decided that the SD card is not in the proper format. It specifically requires a FAT filesystem with a cluster size of 32kb. I am not certain how they are checking but one of the dialogues lists the drive as being in NTFS format so making it identify as FAT seems to be the place to start. There is no option in winecfg and I can't find one in the registry. Is there a means of setting this?

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Re: Can drives be set to identify as FAT instead of NTFS?

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Reformat the SD card as FAT32.
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Re: Can drives be set to identify as FAT instead of NTFS?

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The SD card is formated as Fat as the device and software requires, but it appears to be identified as NTFS in the software when run in wine.
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Re: Can drives be set to identify as FAT instead of NTFS?

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You didn't mention what Wine version you're using. If it's not the latest development release, upgrade and test that. If the problem is present in 1.7.39, file a bug.
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