(See embedded comments. BTW, I'm running XP-Pro/Enterprise. I don't know 
about XP-home.)

-mj-

Raymond Abril III wrote:

> I'm bored and at work, and I'm just trying to help.
> 
> 
>>Q1:  Will XP let me leave my FAT32 volumes
>>as they are?  Or will it insist on converting
>>all or nothing?
> 
> 
> Xp pro installation will require NTFS for the partition that you install onto,
> and will not touch the other partitions. I'd highly suggest a fresh install as
> opposed to any sort of upgrade. I've seen XP able to install onto a FAT32
> partition before, but Microsoft forces partitions of any large size to be
> formatted in NTFS. If you have a rather small partition like 2GB you may be
> able to use it. I do not have the correct number in memory.
XP-Pro is OK with large FAT32 partitions--my boot disk has a 24GB NTFS 
XP program partition and an 86GB FAT32 data partition (so that both XP & 
Linux can see my data).
> 
> 
>>Q2:  Do I need to take my Linux volumes offline
>>while installing XP, to avoid their being
>>assimilated?
> 
> 
> Xp doesnt touch anything in the installation besides the partition you tell it
> to install onto.
> 
> 
>>Q3:  Will Linux be able to cruise my NTFS
>>volumes normally?
> 
> 
> You can compile NTFS support into the kernel, it is experimental. You can read
> but not write well or at all. Debian makes it easy that you can select it
> during installation.
> 
> 
>>Q4:  Can XP see Linux volumes?  (Please don't
>>throw any rotten fruit at me for that stupid
>>question.)
> 
> 
> Not that I'm aware of. Someone probally wrote a driver for this though.
> 
> --
> Raymond Abril III
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