Consider the hardware and Operating system structure: Storage (drive/partitions ) on the local system (perhaps 98), if being accessed normally have to be processed by that OS.
Storage (drive/partitions ) on a remote system (perhaps XP, Vista, Linux, or even something like an IBM mainframe OS), if being accessed normally have to be processed by the OS on that system. and the network software has to handle the transfer of the data So the only problems with NTFS on a remote system, and 98 on the local one, would be if you started using some software on the 98 system that accessed the drives/partitions/files on the remote system directly - perhaps something like installing an image of an NTFS partition that is held on the local, or a remote system onto a drive on a remote system. Again, that should only experience problems if it tries to read the files from tat installed image, or possibly set a format marker on the defined partition --------------- I mention the IBM because I worked at a site where the corporate IBM mainframe was used to hold all sorts of data including complete images of installable OS partitions. Why should the PC/desktop support section bother purchasing servers and storage when they could hide the costs by using the mainframe systems and backups - making the mainframe look expensive to run, and the WAN/LAN networked PC's look cheap JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Poremsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 6:12 AM Subject: Re: win9x and ntfs... > thanks. i'm glad i'm not misremembering things in my old age. :) > > > On 11/7/06, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, it can access file shares on a server regardless of whether FAT or NTFS > > is used on the server. > > > > Carl > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Diane Poremsky > > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 12:57 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: win9x and ntfs... > > > > it's been ages since i used win98... but can't it read NTFS partition > > *over a network*? (I know it can't on the local machine.) > > -- > > Diane Poremsky > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------- > > To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: > > CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. > > > > > -- > Diane Poremsky > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: > CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. > > -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
