> > > > However, AFAIK winXP doesn't > > > usually have a FAT partition. > > > > How hard would such a partition be to create? Can any XP experts > > help? > > Looking at the copy of XP Home that came on my laptop, there doesn't seem to > be any easy way to repartition your disk like that; then again, I wouldn't > really expect there to be since it's a kinda obscure thing to need to do. > Software like Partition Magic will resize the NTFS partition down and then > create a new FAT partition in the free space, though. It's still a bit > technical for a lot of users, especially if there interest in BasicLinux was > that they didn't need to repartition to try Linux out.
As I am recalling from a couple of XP Pro installs I've done or been party to, one has the option of choosing either NTFS or FAT32 when installing the OS. Thus, it should probably not be automatically assumed that XP = NTFS. Of course, if one has already installed XP on an NTFS disk/partition, then the problems alluded to do apply. James To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
