On Tuesday 14 November 2000 23:29, you wrote:
> > On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Tom Eastman wrote:
> > This would be especially convenient for me to use in future since I have
> > FAR more fat32 hard drive space on my computer then ext2 hard drive space
> > (30GB and 6GB respectively). I want to be able to create a large file on
> > FAT32, then mount the FILE as a file-system and be able to do stuff with
> > it.
>
> Oh, I remember the days.
>
> I used to have my HD set up like this. 2GB FAT, 1GB ext2 "/" partition,
> 1GB ext2-on-a-stick (i.e., in a file) partition with my downloads in it.
>
> This failed miserably. I kept getting errors on the ext2-on-a-stick. I
> think it's something about FAT that caused file corruption. Eventually, I
> had to delete the file and make it again.
>
> And then, a month later, again.
>
> It was horrible. Don't do it.
>
> Decrease your FAT partition instead, and get a program that lets you read
> ext2 partitions from windows ("ext2explorer" or something).
>
> -- Asheesh.
>
> > Can anyone talk me through the process? Or point me to a
> > website/FAQ/HOWTO that explains it?
> >
> > Thanks alot
> > Tom
>
> Sure thing.
For a primer on ext2 and Reiser go here
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg17753.html
Civileme
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