Re: USB pendrive mobility (fat32)?
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Bob McGowan <bob_mcgowan@symantec.com> wrote:
> Vikki Roemer wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Bob McGowan <bob_mcgowan@symantec.com> wrote:
> >> DOS, and then Windows, allowed seeing only the active primary partition
> >> because it was the boot environment, and MS presumed that some other OS,
> >> that DOS was not compatible with, would reside on any other primary
> >> partitions (this is a theory on my part, but seems to fit the facts).
> >
> > Windows can see multiple partitions. 4 logicals, yadda ya, like
> > Linux. In fact, I've heard of setups where multiple partitions work
> > better than one big one. Starting with XP (I think) a separate
> > partition for {\Windows\,\Program Files\} and {\Documents and
> > Settings\, etc} is recommended. I'd have to double-check at school,
> > though. (I only remember enough Windows stuff to pass tests, and then
> > forget most of it afterwards.) But anyway, the WinXP computers at
> > school have multiple partitions.
> >
> > WinXP *does* seem to see thumbdrives weirdly, though.
> >
>
> One: please direct your replies to the list, not me personally.
> Because: a) others may benefit from your comments; b) I subscribe to
> the list and would prefer to get list related email through it.
I'm very sorry, I forgot that gmail doesn't automatically reply to the
list like I always did when I was using mutt. I realized a few days
later and couldn't remember who the email was sent to.
> Two: You said "...4 logicals, yadda ya, ...", above. The discussion
> was not about logical partitions, it was about *primary* partitions.
I meant to say up to 4 *primaries* (or 3 primaries, 1 extended, and an
almost unlimited number of logicals).
--
Vikki Roemer
Registered Linux user #280021
"Sometimes the lights all shinin' on me;
Other times I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip its been."
-- Grateful Dead, "Truckin'"
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