From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ip15.shellworld.net ([64.49.204.174] helo=server2.shellworld.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I1w8A-0004ZH-00 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:17:46 -0400 Received: from server2.shellworld.net (butchb@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server2.shellworld.net (8.13.1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id l5N3HjWm089965 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:17:45 GMT (envelope-from butchb@shellworld.net) Received: from localhost (butchb@localhost) by server2.shellworld.net (8.13.1/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id l5N3Hj6Y089962 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:17:45 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: server2.shellworld.net: butchb owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:17:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Butch Bussen To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: A computer issue, how should I deal with this? Best solution? In-Reply-To: <002501c7b540$6b7df620$ab00a8c0@tenstac> Message-ID: References: <000d01c7b4a3$d1e58f60$6501a8c0@YOUR3ADE1B78A3><001301c7b4d5$0a146150$ab00a8c0@tenstac> <156c01c7b512$33eb83e0$b100a8c0@AveratecLaptop> <002501c7b540$6b7df620$ab00a8c0@tenstac> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:17:46 -0000 Didn't you mean most dos doesn't support ntfs? Yep, There is a limit on file size, but I rrestore often from my large 80gig partitions which are fat32. Dos reads them fine, you just have to keep each file smaller than 2 gig. Image for dos or image for windows does that fine. I need to figure out a good way to back up my i r l p Linux box, would like to just mirror the drive which has 3 partitions--just in case. 73s Butch Bussen wa0vjr On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Doug Sutherland wrote: > DOS can only access 2GB partitions, and 2GB is small for winxp, > I'd suggest at least 5GB for that. Also most versions of DOS do > not support FAT32, but here's a list of which do: > > http://www.cn-dos.net/msdos71/dosfat32.htm > >> I would suggest installing XP on a FAT32 partition, as then you can have a >> DOS floppy to access the drive, if you need to. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >