Re: General Linux Laptoppin'

[Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith@ieee.org>]

All NT5.1 versions can use NTFS.
NT5.1 has an artifical install limitation of 32GB for FAT32.

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-----Original Message-----
From:  Ray Holtz 
Date:  05-2-1 9:27
To:  silug-discuss@silug.org
Subj:  Re: General Linux Laptoppin'

You can install XP on FAT32, but it was made to work best on NTFS I 
believe.  But I think it also matters if you get XPHome or XPPro.  I 
don't remember if XPHome can use NTFS.

NZG wrote:
> All good points, thanks for the info.
> I will probably try to get a laptop that comes with a CD, so I can just wipe 
> it as suggested and repartition, that would probably be easiest and safest, 
> but I'll have to see what's available.
> Not all laptops come with an Windows CD do they? 
> It's been awhile since I bought anything that wasn't barebones.
> If not, repartitioning will be the only option, and backing up would be nice.
> I've got a net drive on my Debian box, I wonder if I can just dump the backup 
> to there? 
> Leaving a fat partition is certainly a good idea I hadn't even thought of that 
> as my old dual-boots were 98, XP wil be a new realm of uglyness I'm sure.
> Does XP insist on being installed on an NTFS, or can I put it on a  Fat32?
> 
> thx,
> NZG..
> 
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