> ok, one last side-question: > of the FAT16 and FAT32 file systems, which is superior in file > read/write/transfer speed and efficiency? I purposely created another 2 > gig FAT16 partition (faster than a 13 gig FAT32 partition) to hold all > the stuff I want to host with linux. I'm under the impression that the > smaller a partition is the faster and more efficient it becomes, and I > feel this would be very important if I'm hosting and files are > constantly being created/written/removed. please correct me if I'm > wrong. if your windows can handle fat32 (win95b and up) then you should probably use it. it offers many enhancements over fat16, and is supposed to run faster. plus linux can read it as 'vfat' so you dont have to worry about settings up a fat16 partition. :P
