-=> TOM WALKER wrote to MARTIN ATKINS <=-

-> JH> As I see it, to keep cluster sizes small,  best for the 40GB drive
-> JH> would be 15/15/10 or so, formatted to FAT32. I don't think he would
-> JH> want or need  any smaller subdivisions than that.

-> 16/16/8 is more efficient. Just FDISK and maxout the first partition and
-> same for the second, the third partition will use the rest of the disk.
-> That is of course if 98SE can see 16gig partitions.

TW> Win98Se saw my 120 gig hard drive when I installed it as One Partition.
TW> I did have to upgrade the Version of FDISK that came on the OS CD.
TW> And Format after it completes the operation reports the size
TW> incorrectly but when you look it with Windows Explorier it is ALL there
TW> and usable.

Useful information. ;) I bought a second hand computer i while back and
the vendor installed WIN/ME on it for me so i could check out the hardware.
I suggested that he need only install it on the first partition and i would
let Linux have the rest. To my surprise he said it would be easier if he
formated the entire disk. As it was a new 80gig H/D i assumed he was going
to use NTFS but when i got it home it reported WinFAT32. 
When i started chopping it up for Linux i used what i thought was 4gig for the 
ME and the rest Linux. Something was a miss though because although Win fdisk
reported 4gig ME could only see and use 2gig. Anyway i don't like using
operating systems on my computers that i don't legally own so after Christmas
i shall see if i can pick up a cheapy with a proper WIN2000 install and see
what the situation is. As an aside i was appalled at the security holes and
the amount of patching it needed.

L8r. ;)
  
  
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