On 2009/05/07 10:53 (GMT+0200) Per Inge Oestmoen composed:
jdd wrote:
you certainly can't have a 1Tb fat partition.
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table it can be up to 2T, but I hardly think that a good plan
You have to use NTFS or any Linux (ext3 is good - with some limits, it can be read by e2ifs windows driver - read the http://www.fs-driver.org/ Web site
So that is the reason why I could not format the disk?
Maybe it's your choice of tool. Have you tried any other than YaST2? Since you want FAT, have you considered the eminently logical choice of using Vista to do it?
I have 500 Gb FAT partitions on other disks. What is the limitation?
One cannot assume that others will have Windows drivers for Linux systems installed. I need to be able to let others read my disk, were it only to be used by me I would format the whole thing with reiserFS.
FUSE and NTFS-3G are now providing full access to NTFS partitions. NTFS is far more efficient than FAT, and does not have the 4G file size limitation that prevents large media files, such as DVD isos, from being saved on them. Do the "others" need to use it directly? Can't you just mount on Linux and share it over the network? -- "A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." Proverbs 29:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org