I've heard that the max size of a fat32 partition is several tb. On Sun, 23 May 2004, Joe Clever wrote: > > I should have done a little more checking before I jumped in here. It > appears that it is the native formatting tools of xp and 2000 that are > the limiting factor for fat32 partition creation of 32GB. There are > some other limitations which are talked about in MS KB articles. It > looks like you can read and write larger partitions under these OS's, > just not create them. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Joe Clever > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 3:22 PM > To: 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.' > Subject: RE: 200 gb hdd partitions > > > > I believe that windows xp and 2000 only support fat32 partitions of > maximum 32GB. I have been wrestling with this problem with a 160GB > USB drive, and just stumbled across this limitation. I was > experiencing all kinds of bizarre problems with partitioning and which > OS could recognize it. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 2:19 PM > To: Speakup Mailing-list > Subject: 200 gb hdd partitions > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Speaking of partitions. I have a 200 gb hdd which I'd like to format > as fat32 so that I can read/write to and from Linux > and Windows. Is it safe to partition such a large size as one > partition or should I break it down to smaller ones like > perhaps 2 or 3 partitions for the whole drive? > > Thanks. > > - -- > Raul A. Gallegos - http://www.asmodean.net > All outgoing E-Mail is PGP-signed so that you know it really came from > me and not a virus. Public key at: http://asmodean.net/raul-pgp.asc > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAsOsias0vKmIuNMcRAm0OAKCs3jIYPfvrFCRDLPogLgzl9vPXKwCfc14s > 9PTmmc4P2y/YM3nCFcKlZkk= > =ie0I > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
