Re: Dual boot environmet including XP

i dual boot xp and linux on this laptop.
go ahead and use FAT for large volumes of disk space. that way you can
read windows data while you're in linux.
i have 23gb on this xp partition and all is well. linux can read all the
data on windoze.

mike

Raymond Abril III wrote:

>I'm bored and at work, and I'm just trying to help.
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>>Q1: Will XP let me leave my FAT32 volumes
>>as they are? Or will it insist on converting
>>all or nothing?
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>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.
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>>Q2: Do I need to take my Linux volumes offline
>>while installing XP, to avoid their being
>>assimilated?
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>Xp doesnt touch anything in the installation besides the partition you tell it
>to install onto.
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>>Q3: Will Linux be able to cruise my NTFS
>>volumes normally?
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>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.
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>>Q4: Can XP see Linux volumes? (Please don't
>>throw any rotten fruit at me for that stupid
>>question.)
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>Not that I'm aware of. Someone probally wrote a driver for this though.
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