[Discuss] linux version FAT32

[stephen hawkes]

Unfotuneatly it probably will take that long. I read through this thread 
and still am not sure I understand it, but if you want a partition that 
can be used by both windows and linux you can still use ext2/3 (there is 
a windows driver). I have no idea of the performance under windows 
though, I just know that it seems to work fine and is quick enough for 
my meager uses.

Stephen

David Lee wrote:
> 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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