On the same subject, is there a file system howto? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenny Hitt" <kenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 11:28 AM Subject: Re: what kind of file system is Linux using? > Hi. Linux can use several possible file systems. Now days, the default > is usually ext3. You should probably just leave the space you plan to > use for Linux as free space and let your Linux installer create the > partition and file system. > > Hope this helps. > Kenny > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 11:19:10AM -0700, Ned wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > thank you for the answers on the putty question which was actually a windows question, but I mnew that some of you have delt with it, so ... it worked. > > Now I got deck talk express with a serial cable, and need to make a partition for Linux on my HD. What file system to use? fat32 or ntfs? > > How large should the partition be (ment only for the OS, no other data)? > > When I do partitioning, what's the next step I need to take? > > > > Many thanks! > > Ned > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
