Re: [linux-audio-user] Which Windows XP File System is Readable by Linux?

From: Frank Barknecht <fbar@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Mon Dec 05 2005 - 01:44:14 EET

Hallo,
The Other hat gesagt: // The Other wrote:

> So what file system should I install Windows XP with to be able to
> read and write to it with Linux?

FAT32.

> Also, is Windows XP going to grab an entire disk for install? Or will
> it play nice and install only in usable partitions that I set up for
> it?

If you take care while formatting, paritioning, then it is possible to
let XP install only in one partition. However you will need to install
Grub/Lilo again afterwards, as Win installs it's own boot sector
(IIRC).

Generally it's best to first install Windows, then Linux, but it works
the other way around as well. Keep a Linux-boot-CD handy, in case
something goes wrong. (You did a backup, did you?)

Ciao

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 Frank Barknecht                 _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__
Received on Mon Dec 5 04:15:04 2005

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