linux virgin

dasasquatch · 12-06-2006, 10:37 PM

Hey..
hope all is well..

My question.
does linux need ntfs?...or will it recognise fat 32?

I have 18 gigs in a fat 32 partition..
nothing else in it..
was looking at suse (open) 10.1...

my want to try it ..is cause I want to try my hand at programming...

new to that also..
and it seems to have tons of tools and libraries with it..

also..
can linux turn my desktop into a web server..of sorts?..

thank you for your replies in advance..

arochester · 12-07-2006, 02:36 AM

"does linux need ntfs" No. "can linux turn my desktop into a web server" Yes.

**K-B** · 12-07-2006, 03:53 AM

So you want to dual boot Suse & XP? Actually Suse uses neither NTFS or FAT32 filesystems. It uses ext3. 18GB is plenty of room.
Like arochester said, yes you can turn it into a webserver.
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_suse_10.0

Valandil · 12-07-2006, 07:55 AM

Linux has it`s own file system.

**Cellus** · 12-07-2006, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dasasquatch

does linux need ntfs?...or will it recognise fat 32?

Actually not only does it not need NTFS, it can't even use it (yet).

**K-B** · 12-07-2006, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cellus

Actually not only does it not need NTFS, it can't even use it (yet).

It can use it partway, you can read from a NTFS partition but not write to it.
Like I have music files on a NTFS partition and I can listen to them from Linux.

**TheMatt** · 12-07-2006, 01:00 PM

Correct. It can read from NTFS (it can on my laptop), and it can read from and write to Fat32 volumes. But when you install almost any distro, you will format the partition as ext3.

**Cellus** · 12-07-2006, 09:49 PM

I meant used as in write. It was mis-worded, my apologies.

Good news is that they are making headway in write support, though it isn't ready for production use just yet.

12-06-2006, 10:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
dasasquatch Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 13 OS: win xp home My System	linux virgin Hey.. hope all is well.. My question. does linux need ntfs?...or will it recognise fat 32? I have 18 gigs in a fat 32 partition.. nothing else in it.. was looking at suse (open) 10.1... my want to try it ..is cause I want to try my hand at programming... new to that also.. and it seems to have tons of tools and libraries with it.. also.. can linux turn my desktop into a web server..of sorts?.. thank you for your replies in advance..

12-07-2006, 03:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
K-B Moderator, Linux Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NY Posts: 2,878 OS: Vista, Ubuntu My System	So you want to dual boot Suse & XP? Actually Suse uses neither NTFS or FAT32 filesystems. It uses ext3. 18GB is plenty of room. Like arochester said, yes you can turn it into a webserver. http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_suse_10.0 __________________

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Valandil Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 40 OS: Win XP Pro / SuSE / Slackware My System	Linux has it`s own file system. __________________ "The Devil assigns you your family, thank God you can pick your friends... I don`t believe monsters are born, I believe they are created over years.... " -- White Trash Rob / Blood For Blood

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Cellus Moderator Networking Team Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,664 OS: Windows Vista Business SP1, Windows XP Professional SP3 My System	I meant used as in write. It was mis-worded, my apologies. Good news is that they are making headway in write support, though it isn't ready for production use just yet. __________________ TSF Networking Team Virus/Trojan/Spyware Removal Help Donate!

12-07-2006, 02:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
arochester Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dunoon, Scotland Posts: 11 OS: Kubuntu	"does linux need ntfs" No. "can linux turn my desktop into a web server" Yes.