Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 14:13:17 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Eric MASSON <e-masson@kisoft-services.com> Cc: charon@freethought.org, Mark Allen Cockrum <n9842643@cc.wwu.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd/WinNT question.. Message-ID: <19990904141317.A923@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <37D11616.81A7CFBE@kisoft-services.com>; from Eric MASSON on Sat, Sep 04, 1999 at 02:52:38PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.SOL.4.05.9909040049200.7100-100000@titan.cc.wwu.edu> <3.0.5.32.19990904013546.026f2e70@mail> <19990904114350.A290@marder-1> <37D0FD27.408435E2@kisoft-services.com> <19990904121731.A696@marder-1> <37D11616.81A7CFBE@kisoft-services.com>
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On Sat, Sep 04, 1999 at 02:52:38PM +0200, Eric MASSON wrote:
> Mark Ovens a écrit :
> > I'm not disputing what you say, it certainly seems logical, but
> > when you install NT, even on a virgin disk, it initially creates
> > it's partition as FAT and then converts it (thinking about it, the
> > program is called CONVERT.EXE) to NTFS at the first re-boot so does
> > this problem/limitation not exist anyway?
> Well, if you install NT straight out of the box, you're right, there's a
> tip to overcome this problem.
> First install NT, without this problem in mind (minimal install, it will
> be destroyed). Create a second partition and format it (NTFS) from disk
> manager. Reinstall NT on the freshly formatted NTFS partition (Leave the
> file system intact). Now your NT box has a correct NTFS formatted disk.
>
Thanks for the tip :)
> Eric
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