On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:33:16 -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > While running cfdisk, it lists various file system types. Is there a > document which explains the difference between similar file systems?
It should be... but I have found nothing but excerpts: http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/partitions/partition_types-1.html http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-Partitioning-EN-Partitions-attributes > In particular, if I want to have a windows XP type of filesystem, do I > go with "07 HPFS/NTFS" or "86 NTFS volume set" or "87 NTFS volume set"? 07, as per the above link. But I would create a NTFS partition from a Windows native system, if possible. > Similarly, If I want to create FAT32 partition so that I can exchange > files between windows and Linux, should I go with "0B W95 FAT32" or > ""w95 FAT32" ""w95 FAT32 (LBA)" > > What are the advantages in choosing one over the other? I tried to > google, /usr/share/doc/util-linux etc., but could not find anything > useful. As Memnon already pointed out, I think "w95 FAT32 (LBA)" adds compatibility with bigger hard disks. It would require a BIOS with that capability, also. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.08.22.10.32...@gmail.com
