Tip for the Day

[thornc]

Re: Re: FAT vs. NTFS

The most significant differences between them are file access and security while connected to a network, in my opinion.

Actually the most important difference is that NTFS is journaling filesystem so it keeps a log of all the operations being performed and still to perform. This gives it a high level of fault tolerance.
Read more about it here!


gsobier:
I usually use lilo because I use to it and I find it easy to configurate! GRUB should be greatest thing but I haven't had the time to look at it! Why mess with what works?
I have been dual booting linux/windows since I can remember... never had any serious problems! The main problem was when windows changed to the NT family but even that was easily solved after a web search!

These days I tend to keep more on the windows side with cygwin helping me out, but I still have the dual boot and sometimes I use an emulator to boot up linux on top of windows!


In fact one can for example use the Damn Small Linux embedded distro to have a look at linux running in top of windows!!
Here's a link!

 

[gsobier]

Re: Re: Re: FAT vs. NTFS

Thornc:

I played with LILO and GRUB so I know how to configure both using a different PC for my own Linux education. I installed RedHat 9 and got familiar enough with Linux to be a little dangerous. I got Samba working and mounted a Windows Directory I have shared in my network. Did a DUMP to disk and a RESTORE too, to see how it works. Lots of fun.

Regards,
George

<snip>I usually use lilo because I use to it and I find it easy to configurate! GRUB should be greatest thing but I haven't had the time to look at it! Why mess with what works?</snip>

 

[thornc]

Re: Re: Re: Re: FAT vs. NTFS

I installed RedHat 9 and got familiar enough with Linux to be a little dangerous. (...) Lots of fun.

If you really want to learn a lot about linux and it's inner details my advice is to try out Linux From Scratch, or maybe slackware!

I learned a lot with LFS and I ended up settling with Slackware for my personal use! According to Slackware site:

(...) the Slackware Linux Project has aimed at producing the most "UNIX-like" Linux distribution out there

 

[gsobier]

...for those who still use the swapfile these days and have more than one physical hard drive... ...putting the file swapfile.sys on a physical hard drive different from the one where Windows runs will help...

 

[Dennis Bassboss]

...for those who still use the swapfile these days and have more than one physical hard drive... ...putting the file swapfile.sys on a physical hard drive different from the one where Windows runs will help...

Runs faster...Better and ......hitter...