From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Fri Sep 25 1998 - 14:20:24 EDT
Chris..
It is meaningless since PQMagic will convert back and forth between fat16 and
fat32, BUT, even more meaningless when one considers that the recovery process
by its very need will erase the entire "C:" partition anyway..
so, fat32 is OK on the "C:" drive, IMO..
your 750 should run win95B with fat32, but win98 won't load since the cpu is
too slow..
win95 will tell you: "Can't run on a cpu that is 66mhz or less, OK?"
so if you want to learn what molassas in winter looks like (win98) load it up
on a HDD in a faster machine and hope that win98 does not further check cpu
speed and give you another error message like: "cpu is too slow, now exiting,
OK?" :-)
Chris Schumann wrote:
> I just saw this:
>
> Currently, the Recovery CD that ships with some ThinkPads do not support
> the recovery process to a FAT32 partition. For this reason, IBM recommends
> that the primary partition on the hard drive remain a FAT16 partition,
> however any additional partitions may be converted to FAT32. It is also
> recommended that the hibernation file reside on a FAT16 partition,
> although it will work if installed on a FAT32 partition
>
> at this web page:
> http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/LWIK-3XJUHW.html
>
> So it looks as if IBM supports hibernation files on a FAT32 partition, but
> I assume you'd need a current BIOS for that to work.
>
> Has anyone tried this on an older machine (like my 750P)?
>
> Chris Schumann <whizkid_at_dwave.net>
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