Vista installation on FAT32

[RMSe17]

I assume there is a way to do it, since it had read FAT32, is there some config file that needs to be edited for it to work? or a custom answer file created similar to how it would be done for a corporate unattended install? or is it simpler than that?

Thanks,
RMSe17

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

I don't think it's possible with the way Vista is built.

 

[tk11]

Quote:

Can I install Windows Vista on a FAT32 partition?
No, the installation partition need to be formated with NTFS.

Source: http://www.ntcompatible.com/faq-90.html

 

[spherrod]

just curious - why would you want to use FAT32?

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: spherrod
just curious - why would you want to use FAT32?

I'm wondering the same as well...

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: RMSe17
I assume there is a way to do it, since it had read FAT32, is there some config file that needs to be edited for it to work? or a custom answer file created similar to how it would be done for a corporate unattended install? or is it simpler than that?
Thanks,
RMSe17

Even if you could, please don't, FAT32 is not appropriate for todays large sized drives (I worked on Norton Scandisk and dealt with recovery issues all the time, I'll take NTFS anyday over FAT and most (not all) other desktop file systems)

 

[Nothinman]

The only reason I can think of is for compatibility with non-Windows OSes but I'd probably even consider that a specious reason these days.

 

[bsobel]

Thats usually the one case I think partitioning makes sense, share a fat32 data drive.

 

[Nothinman]

Or just get an external USB or Firewire drive and make that FAT or make the thing NTFS and share it from another machine, just about every OS can handle SMB/CIFS these days. But if it has to be local and the other OS is Linux use NTFS-3g.

 

[Noema]

My flesh creeps at the thought of Vista on FAT32.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: RMSe17
I assume there is a way to do it, since it had read FAT32, is there some config file that needs to be edited for it to work? or a custom answer file created similar to how it would be done for a corporate unattended install? or is it simpler than that?
Thanks,
RMSe17

Even if you could, please don't, FAT32 is not appropriate for todays large sized drives (I worked on Norton Scandisk and dealt with recovery issues all the time, I'll take NTFS anyday over FAT and most (not all) other desktop file systems)

I like UFS alot.

 

[bwatson283]

The Unbutu 6.06-current will read NTFS. I think.

 

[Noema]

Originally posted by: bwatson283
The Unbutu 6.06-current will read NTFS. I think.

Pretty much any new Linux distro will read (and write) NTFS just fine.

There absolutely no reason at all to install a new OS, be it XP or Vista, on FAT32. If you absolutely must have FAT 32 compatibility at any cost, a FAT32 partition for storage of the files to be shared or an external FAT32 HDD will do just fine.

 

[Nothinman]

The Unbutu 6.06-current will read NTFS. I think.

Any distro put out in the past ~8 years will read NTFS just fine, writing is the tricky part but with NTFS-3g it should work pretty well right now.