On Sat, 01 Jul 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> in win fdisk, you can only create a partition but can't specify its
> filesystem (16/32/ntfs).
Correct.
> after creating the partition, you have to format it. the filesystem of
> the floppy or the format of the harddisk partition from where you had
> booted and are running format for this new partition, becomes the
> filesystem of the new partition. hardly any choice.
Not exactly. the windows boot disk gives support for Fat16 and FAT32
(large disk support). Its not a question of which filesystem the boot
device is formatted with, but which version's installer you are using.
:)
> it is not like linux fdisk, which gives the real flexibility by
> giving the code of type of filesystem you decide the partition type
> and, i think, its filesystem also. (correct me)
Linux fdisk lets you choose exact partition locations, file system
types.
But it can't format. You need mkfs for that. man mkfs.
> as if that was any less confusing, 16 can't read 32 and ntfs,
> 32 can read 16 but not ntfs, ntfs can read 16 but not 32. there is
The older version of NTFS (upto NT 4.0, SPx) had this limitation.
The windows 2000 version supports FAT32.
> one hpfs also, i don't know about its compatibility.
HPFS is support for the OS/2 filesystem.
> with these selective blindness, in any case, at any single time, you
> can't read all the filesystem types. let alone choosing any of them. so
> much for the grand integration within microsoft.
<RANT
Grand integration?? With so many different incompatible versions of
windows? All (almost) versions of windows look alike, but they differ
widely under the hood Compared to that, Linux distros differ by very
little under the hood, with very different interfaces.
/RANT>
<snip>
> > Set the lilo on the first linux partition and not on MBR. and
> > then make that partition the active one using fdisk.
> what is the point in leaving mbr unattended and then using the boot of
> linux partiton for the same purpose?
Uhh, if you don't want a boot disk and windows has to be reinstalled?
It does overwrite the MBR.
Devdas Bhagat
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