On 03-02-97, CHRIS HOLTEN said to JEFF GUERDAT:
CH>The NT 4.0 install doesn't convert it from FAT to NTFS on an unpartitioned
CH>drive if you choose NTFS Jeff. If it had to convert to NTFS after
CH>partitioning and formatting for FAT, you couldn't get a larger than 2 gig
CH>primary nor a larger than 4 gig which just isn't the case with NT 4.0. I
CH>don't know what the upper limit is with an NTFS primary partition, but
CH>it's greater than 4 gig. Has to be installed from a local CD-ROM using the
CH>3 distribution boot floppies though. You can't do it without using FAT
CH>through a network or WINNT type install.
Nearly every install I've done has done a conversion from FAT to NTFS and
they've all been from floppy and local CD.  While it's been a little while
since my last install, I don't think my memory is THAT bad (could be - my
short-term memory seems to be fading with the rest of me).  Once the system 
s
installed, the conversion runs on reboot.  Simply put, I've never seen it do
anything BUT convert.
Maybe I haven't hit the right scenario.  All the systems have been dual boot
and that may be an additional consideration...
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