On Sun 28 Feb 2016 12:50:02 NZDT +1300, Peter Simmonds wrote: > Problem is, even if I format in in linux as ntfs, when trying to do > anything with it in windows xp I only get "GPT protected partition" > and can not mount the drive, change partiotions or anything. Of > course all functionality is available on windows 7 and upwards.
Drives with a size above 2.xTB must have a GPT partition table for the simple reason of the traditional partition table format with LBA addressing not being able to address more than 2^32 512-byte sectors. The surprise is that XP, despite being ancient, recognises GPT sufficiently to say that it can't handle it. There are ways of merging traditional format (up to the first 2TiB) and GPT, but everything says don't do it because it's more trouble than it's worth. So, above a certain disk size GPT is it, nothing to do with M$, all to do with a 1980s format (OK OK, so M$ afterall...). As to filesystem to use, my conclusion is that the best way to operate is to use ext4. If M$ is too dumb to handle it, change system, not filesystem. If you can't: You've been screwed by Microsoft. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann http://volker.top.geek.nz/ Please do not CC list postings to me. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
