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Originally Posted by stevesr0
Don't intend to hijack the OP's question, but is it certain that the PE needs a FAT32 (or FAT) partition to recognize an SD card?
Android is a modified form of Linux which uses EXT type partitions as the usual type.
I have not seen any explanation for the FAT type partition "requirement".
Steve
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Linux has a certain number of file system types it supports. So does Windows. USB and SD Cards need to be formatted in a universal file system. This means no matter what kind of computer, tablet or phone you plug the USB or SD into you can view and modify the contents. That file system is FAT32.
Android can't execute Apps off of a FAT32 partition. An SD Card (or a USB thumb drive) normally comes stock formatted FAT32. Android 2.2 (Ermine is more Froyo like) and above support a partitioned SD card, one partition being FAT32 and the other partition EXT. The larger partition is normally FAT32 and the smaller partition is EXT. The FAT32 partition is still used for universal access of data and the EXT partition is used by Android 2.2 and above for external App storage.