-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert Citek wrote: > Found it. Turns out that the source was MS's own KnowledgeBase[1]. > The fifth bullet item states "You cannot format a volume larger than > 32 gigabytes (GB) in size using the FAT32 file system during the > Windows XP installation process. ... If you need to format a volume > that is larger than 32 GB, use the NTFS file system to format it." > That doesn't mean that you can't have a FAT32 that's larger than 32 > GB, but rather that you just can't do it with Windows XP. You'll > have to use some other tool ... like 'mkfs.vfat -F 32' under linux. > > [1] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463/EN-US/
As I recall there are some complications with using volumes larger than 32G as explained by Bryan during his presentation on disks and partitions at the SLUUG meetings. I dont remember the problem though. - -- JT Morée PC Xperience, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEs5sXucZ4lMT2d5IRAivXAJ43/J4I8BGrVGeagU8oqegupDHqjACeKGlJ lYXftjIraWpqJzB6CfPcMkY= =AwOj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
