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[ILUG] W2K and RH7.1 dual on an Inspiron 8100: how to partition?

[ILUG] W2K and RH7.1 dual on an Inspiron 8100: how to partition?

Niall O Broin niall at linux.ie
Mon Oct 1 11:14:46 IST 2001


On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 09:18:36AM +0100, Fred Cummins wrote:

> > I imagine
> > Dell aren't stupid enough to install it on FAT 32)
> > 
> They did.  I wasn't aware that that was a stupid thing, but it is
> definitely FAT32 and they include a utility to convert it to NTFS.

Well, whether or not it's a stupid thing is an opinion but NTFS is a much
more grown up filesystem than FAT32 and IMHO much more suitable for use with
what MS claim to be a top class OS. Of course that's a matter of opinion too.




Niall




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