From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15yjZe-0007xV-00 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 19:49:42 -0500 Received: (from romualt@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id f9V0q7s00432 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 18:52:07 -0600 Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 18:52:07 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Setting up a duel boot system? Message-ID: <20011030185207.A429@megsinet.net> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011030040045.02e51a60@pop-server.roadrunner.nf.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20011030040045.02e51a60@pop-server.roadrunner.nf.net>; from dlawlor@roadrunner.nf.net on Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 04:12:25AM +0000 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: No, because FAT16 partitions cannot be more then 2gb. That's why M$ came up with FAT32 so that partitions more then 2gb could be created. This is the short answer, since I don't know that much about FAT32 specs. Greg On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 04:12:25AM +0000, Doug Lawlor wrote: > Hello list, Here is what I need to do. I have two drives here. One is a > 20Gb/7200rpm and the second is a 40GB/5400 RPM. I want to set up Linux and > Windows on the first drive and use my second for data storage. . When I > use the windows Fdisk command to create the Windows partition I get asked > If I want large disk support. Fdisk gives me a message stating something > to the effect If I enable this no other operating system will be able to > use the drive. I know that is not quite true but Fdisk also goes on to > tell me if I disable large disk support Windows will only support > partitions up to 2GB. Can I disable the large disk support and create a > partition that's larger than two GB? > > Thanks in advance, > Doug > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup