Can you create multiple FAT partitions with Boot Camp?

Question

Can you create multiple FAT partitions with Boot Camp?

We have a single partition but it is filling up with data and we want to create a second partition. The first is the max size for FAT partitions.

Answer 1

No. The Boot Camp Assistant will only let you create one FAT partition.

You can use Disk Utility to create another FAT partition, but it is not entirely obvious as to how to do it.

• Open Disk Utility from Applications/Utilities
• Select the hard drive you want to add the new FAT partition, then go to the "Partition" tab.
• Resize the partitions (or whatever else you must do) to create the space for your new FAT partition. Create a partition in this space, using the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) filesystem, then click Apply.
• Once the new partition has been created, select it in the list in the left, go to the "Erase" tab, choose "MS-DOS (FAT)" as the format, and enter the name for your new FAT partition. Click Erase, then Erase again.