--- Trevor Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mage Grimau wrote:
>
> > I ended up with a 7M /boot partition, 2 - 2G FAT16
> > partitions (Win98 & NT tend to screw up each
> other's
> > "Program Files" directories when on the same
> > partition) and a 16G / partition. So far, they're
> all
> > happy (except Win98 seems to like corrupting its
> own
> > space frequently, but I already knew that).
> > Thanks for all the help, folks.
> > I'm Mandraked!
>
> Another M$ feature - Win 9x can use FAT16 or FAT32,
> Win NT can use FAT16
> or NTFS, so if you want to run both, you need to use
> FAT16 at least on a
> common partition, BUT FAT16 is so damn inefficient
> on large drives
> >~500Mb. I would suggest using 3 partitions: FAT32
> for Win9x, NTFS for
> NT, and a 500Mb FAT16 partition for storing common
> fiiles or
> transferring files. This means that neither OS can
> see the other's
> files, and therefore can't trash them! But, then, do
> you really need
> both NT and Win9x on the same box??? We have an NT
> domain at work, but
> I use my Win95 box to administer it from home - most
> functions work OK.
> As we also have terminal server setup on one of the
> NT servers, I can
> use it for those times when I need to use NT, or the
> modem is to slow.
> We also use VNC, for which there is a Linux version,
> so soon, perhaps, I
> will be able to do all the NT admin from my Linux
> box - one step closer
> to a M$-free household!
>
>
>
>
Win98 for games that won't run under anything else, NT
for work, and Linux for fun. Notice Linux is 4/5 of my
drive. :)
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Mage Grimau, Strange Unwashed & Somewhat Slightly Dazed
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