i created a 37 gig primary partition (hda2) for sharing between win and debian .. but when i was gonna format it "fat" windows 2000 said it's too big... why i never heard such a thing
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i created a 37 gig primary partition (hda2) for sharing between win and debian .. but when i was gonna format it "fat" windows 2000 said it's too big... why i never heard such a thing
FAT being FAT 16 or FAT 32? If I recall correctly (it's been a long time since I've used anything but NTFS) FAT 16 has constraints on partition sizes. If you need a partition of that size, I'd recommend just formatting it NTFS and then setting up your Debian to be able to access NTFS partitions. Just my 2 cents.
AJ
actualy FAT32 runs out of luck around 32GB with win xp.. need to check on the exact limit.. it should be easy maths.. just too laxy right now to work it out.... thought I have read of a higher limit..that.. I know that XP refuses to give you the option of Formatting partitions over 30 something GB in FAT32..
cheers
Edit: Major F up in the last line.. did I fix it in time ?
I had exactly the same problem in the end I gave up and just stuck with NTFS may I ask why you need to use fat
i want to be able to write in it w linux
Did you use fdisk t create thes partitions on your disk? Because if you did, FDisk has an option for you to enable large disk support. YOu oughta re do and put it as a NTFS system anyway. FAT is a lot more unstable, and unsecure that what NTFS is.
Your linux kernel can be recompiled with ntfs support. This may solve your problem.
This page should give you some help.
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/help.html
fat will read well to 35gig after that you really need ntfs
FAT32 will waste alot of your disk space as well. I'd don't remember the exact number or formula for figuring it out, but I know it has high overhead because of the way it formats the drive.
not to be a smarta$$.. but..
the "large disk support" they talk about in fdisk is hdd's larger than 640Mb.. used it a few time on 600 and smaller drives.. but fdisk isnt the prog that formats the hdd..it just the tool tp partition the hdd.. well mainly anyway..Quote:
if you did, FDisk has an option for you to enable large disk support
cheers
I have an (external) 250GB dist with one (1) partition wich is FAT32
yeah I know this kills the capacity (about 10% is wasted becouse of the cluster size) but it's the easiest way to transfer files between multiple systems / OSses
This article explains all the issues with FAT32 and larger partition sizes.
http://www.win2000mag.net/Articles/I...rticleID=38803
Basically Fat32 can support up to 2TB partitions at 4GB files. However, Win2k and XP will not format anything larger than 32GB. So you have to use Win98 or ME to format the drive to a size larger than 32GB.
thanx guys for for the responses... i didn't know this...
@ the end i just made the partition 25 gigs in fat32... it's simply the easiest way to transfer files among diff. OS's
Why don't you just use a NTFS partition? It works great for me, running XP and Red Hat. I havn't had any problems.
Yeah, I know that fdisk is just used to make partitions, but I was thinking that maybe somehow he didn't enable large disk support, and thought maybe it had a negative effect somewhere else.Quote:
Originally posted here by Und3ertak3r
not to be a smarta$$.. but..
the "large disk support" they talk about in fdisk is hdd's larger than 640Mb.. used it a few time on 600 and smaller drives.. but fdisk isnt the prog that formats the hdd..it just the tool tp partition the hdd.. well mainly anyway..
cheers
Fat is the drive you need to use if your doing stuff with windows ME or below, but if your using Windows NT, 2000, XP, Your a lot better off using NTFS.
Don't take this advice instantly as I am only an amateur but maybe you could split it into 2 partitions then you may be able to use fat