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Netfeed
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 Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 9:59 pm Post subject: dualboot, partion type choices |
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hello,
i've been thinking of a dualboot system(gentoo and w2kpro(wanna play somehing to  )) on a 120Gb disc. now, i will have the w2k on a 10gb partion and gentoo on a 10-20Gb, some 10-15Gb for games and the rest for files for both os:es to share on now, what shall i use for type on these extra gb:s so both can use em equally?
//Netfeed, linux-n00b
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Earthwings
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| linux can access them all, windows not (without special drivers). so you could use fat32 and ntfs. I'd take fat32, because ntfs writing support is a quite recent addition in kernel 2.6. |
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Netfeed
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but fat32, aint there an maximum space of 30gb or something simillar there?
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Earthwings
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Depending on the block size, a fat32 partition can be as big as 2TB.
I was curious where you heard of that 30 GB limitation and found this (microsoft.com): "In Windows XP, you can format a FAT32 volume up to 32 GB only." I don't know though whether one can _use_ a bigger one in windows xp. but nothing stops you from creating more than one fat32 partition |
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Netfeed
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okey then, i thank thee for thee help
i have to start planing abit for the installation of the os:es now
//Netfeed, happy
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| Earthwings wrote: | | I was curious where you heard of that 30 GB limitation and found this (microsoft.com): "In Windows XP, you can format a FAT32 volume up to 32 GB only." I don't know though whether one can _use_ a bigger one in windows xp. but nothing stops you from creating more than one fat32 partition |
Yes, Windows XP can use larger FAT32 partitions without any trouble. To get around this rather dumb limit, boot with a Windows 98 CD and format the partition from there. |
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| Earthwings wrote: | | linux can access them all, windows not (without special drivers). so you could use fat32 and ntfs. I'd take fat32, because ntfs writing support is a quite recent addition in kernel 2.6. |
s:recent:useless for people not hacking kernel vfs drivers:
Yes, the new NTFS driver supports writing, but:
1. You may only write to files that already exist (no new files, that is)
2. After writing the file, it must have the same size as before - making it useless for anything more than playing with it and/or debugging.
Think about it... on the other hand, read support is decent.
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