From: James H. E. Maugham (CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com)
Date: Wed Mar 21 2001 - 11:36:53 EST
Jane,
Jane Loyless [mailto:jloyless_at_netbox.com]
> At 11:03 AM 03/21/2001 -0500, Rob Bell wrote:
>
> >Yes, but there is some type of limitation on partition size during an NT
> install. It might only occur if NT has to format the partition itself (or
> convert from FAT to NTFS) during installation - I don't really remember -
> but there is a limit under certain circumstances that wasn't directly
> related to filesystem type.
>
> Yes, I think the install starts as FAT and then converts to NTFS and
> expands the partition along the way. The point was, though, that the
> primary partition can be more than 2GB.
No. The primary partition on a fresh install of NT4 MUST be no larger than 2GB
in FAT16. The 2GB limitation is imposed by the FAT16 2GB maximum partition
however, not due to any limitation in NT.
Regards,
James
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