[Discuss] linux version FAT32

[David Lee]

Thanks David

That makes a whole lotta sense.

Well I got 3 hours to bung on a small XP system before the missus gets 'ome.
(probably take that long)!

David

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bronaugh" <dbronaugh at linuxboxen.org>
To: <discuss at vlug.org>
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Discuss] linux version FAT32


> David Lee wrote:
> > Good morning.
> >
> > I'm trying to re-install my Ubuntu Linux distro after installing a new
drive.
> > Master drive 120 g
> > Slave (new) 300 g
> >
> > After 3 months windows free, it was suggested I "put XP back on".
> > Windows doesn't give me the option of formatting in fat32, unless I
create partitions less than 40g (when installing)
> >
> > I don't mind C being ntfs.60 g, 60 g linux on master
> >
> > Now, prevailing wisdom dictates that one should format partitions in
their own systems.
> >
> I'm not sure *whose* wisdom this is, because so far as I can tell, it's
> wrong. You can format fat32 in Linux just fine, and unlike XP, it won't
> impose arbitrary limits to try and make you switch to NTFS...
>
> Also, have you considered running Windows under VMWare on Linux, thereby
> avoiding this whole mess?
> > So my question is: why have fat32 format option available in linux?
> >
> This question only makes sense if you remove the preceding statement
> regarding prevailing wisdom; otherwise it's a rhetorical question.
>
> Assuming the preceding statement to be false, it's fairly obvious; some
> people want to have fat32 partitions accessible by Windows created from
> Linux, not Windows, because either they hate Windows with a fiery
> burning passion, or they simply don't have it available.
> > The 300 g drive can be formatted (100g vfat---rest Ubuntu) by linux, but
would I have any problems sharing this partition with windows?
> >
> If it's formatted as VFAT/FAT32, you're not going to have problems
> REGARDLESS of what operating system you format it in.
>
> David
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