RE: [vox-tech] Can YAST create a FAT32 Partition?
Dear moderator How do I unsusbscribe from this mailing list .. it's not emailing me my password and hence I can't unsubscribe.Any way out? Guru -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert G. Scofield Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 11:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Can YAST create a FAT32 Partition? On Saturday 31 January 2004 13:59, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > > a) Even if it can, if you plan to make a dual boot you are better off > having the OS that will use the os format the partition it will run > in. > This means installing Windows > first is almost always the best approach. > Okay then I'll do it that way. Thank you and thanks also to Rob Rogers. Bob ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech Scanned by SecureSynergy VirusScreen Service. For more information log on to : http://www.securesynergyonline.com or http://www.securesynergy.com ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Can YAST create a FAT32 Partition?
On Saturday 31 January 2004 13:59, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > > a) Even if it can, if you plan to make a dual boot you are better off > having the OS that will use the os format the partition it will run in. > This means installing Windows > first is almost always the best approach. > Okay then I'll do it that way. Thank you and thanks also to Rob Rogers. Bob ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Can YAST create a FAT32 Partition?
On Sat, 31 Jan 2004, Robert G. Scofield wrote: > Thanks to those of you who told me I need a new hard drive. > > I'd like to create a dual boot system on the new hard disk (which I haven't > purchased yet). I'd like to do all of the partitioning from YAST. According > to the YAST documentation YAST can delete FAT32 partitions. YAST can resize > FAT32 partitions. But the documentation doesn't say whether YAST can create > a FAT32 partition. The documentation assumes that one is partitioning to add > Linux to a hard drive where Windows already exists. > > Does anybody know if YAST can create a FAT32 partition? I don't know if it can, but in general, this is not really a good idea. a) Even if it can, if you plan to make a dual boot you are better off having the OS that will use the os format the partition it will run in. b) Windows tends to demolish existing partitions. "Pro" versions are starting to provide options for installing in arbitrary partitions, but "home" versions are still pretty ruthless. This means installing Windows first is almost always the best approach. --- Jeff NewmillerThe . . Go Live... DCN:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/BatteriesO.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...2k --- ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Can YAST create a FAT32 Partition?
On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 13:28:25PM -0800, Robert G. Scofield wrote: > Thanks to those of you who told me I need a new hard drive. > > I'd like to create a dual boot system on the new hard disk (which I haven't > purchased yet). I'd like to do all of the partitioning from YAST. According > to the YAST documentation YAST can delete FAT32 partitions. YAST can resize > FAT32 partitions. But the documentation doesn't say whether YAST can create > a FAT32 partition. The documentation assumes that one is partitioning to add > Linux to a hard drive where Windows already exists. > > Does anybody know if YAST can create a FAT32 partition? I don't use SuSE, so I can't answer the specific YAST question...but every partition tool I've used has been able to create a FAT32 partition. You also need to be able to format it (which is different from creating a partition and marking it's type) but that is generally pretty simple too. The big gotcha comes when you decide to install Windows. It's generally best to install Windows before you install Linux on a dual boot system because Windows will blindly write to your MBR, overwriting Lilo or Grub. Keep a boot disk handy if that's the way you want to go. ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
