Redhat 7

[ChaSiuBao]

Hi...

I want to know, does Redhat support FAT32 natively, or does it use its own file system? I mean, can I place Redhat on a FAT32 partition?

Also, how much space would I need for Redhat?

Thanks

 

[Hyperchronismos]

Linux uses its own filesystem, ext2 (it is read second extended).But you can mount and have read/write access to FAT32 partitions from within.I cannot understand what you really ask.If you mean that you have an empty FAT32 that you want to use to install Linux then no problem it will be formatted during the installation process.If you are asking if it is possible to install Linux on a FAT32 partition and launch it from within Windows (like WinLinux) then I don't know if this is possible with Redhat.

 

[Zach]

Are you sure you can mount FAT32?

 

[StuckMojo]

mount -t vfat /dev/hdxx /mnt

mounts a fat/fat32/NTFS partition (ntfs if you have built it into the kernel)

there are some extra options to sort out file permissions and ownership on the mounted volume, see the mount man page.

 

[xdaddy]

you could try win4linux (RH based) or Phatlinux which both install onto a fat32 parttion. Linux can read and write to fat32 w/o any problems (I do it all the time). When seting up RH, just give your windows parttion a mount point such as /win or /mnt/win.

 

[Zach]

I never even bothered trying to play with my FAT32 partitions, when did that support come around?

 

[andri]

it was already in late 2.0 kernels.