External HD with Mac OS Extended and FAT32

Hi,
I have partitioned my external harddisk using Apple's Partion scheme into 2 partitions. The first I formated as Max OS Extended (Journaled) and now I would like to format the second as FAT32, but somehow this is not possible: either I can choose PC Partition scheme and resign using Mac OS Extended or use Apple's Partition scheme and resign the FAT32 part.
I would like to use the first partition as a backup for my Mac and the second to transfer data between Mac and PC - sort of a big memory stick
Any suggestions please?
Kurt
12 PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Hi,
good tip! Doesn't look too complicated, but uncomfortable if one has to mount the disk manually each time.
I decided to use HFSExplorer to access HFS file system from PC (if I can download it from somewhere).
Thanks anyways,
Kurt

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