Strange problem network Sharing of external HDs

[GvW]

Hi,

I have a strange problem with file sharing between my main Mavericks MBP and an old macbook (Snowleopard 10.6.8). I want to set up the latter as a file server. It pretty much works. I can access it, acces all the files, use screen sharing etc.

Here comes the weird part: I also hooked up all my external USB Harddrives. They all show up on the old macbook. However on my MBP I only can see my HFS formatted drive and an old NTFS formatted drive, but not the FAT32 drive I hooked up.

Even though it should not be necessary, I actively shared the FAT32 drive, so it shows up under file sharing in preferences, allowing it full access to the user I'm signing in with. no luck.

Any thoughts/ideas about this?

 

[sharon22]

I don't know much about why your MBP cannot see the shared FAT32 drive, because Macs can read them just fine. But, there might be something in this article, a clue or something, that may be of interest:
http://arstechnica.com/information-...-data-sharing-system-a-cross-platform-savior/

Also, from the Apple website:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3922564?tstart=0 (read the thing in the green box that says "this solved my question")

Hopefully, between those 2 articles, you can get it up and running? Or maybe you have to do something tricky like convert the FAT32 to exfat as a last resort?

Good luck! Please post back if you have any success!