On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 09:33:16PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > While running cfdisk, it lists various file system types. Is there a > document which explains the difference between similar file systems? > > In particular, if I want to have a windows XP type of filesystem, do I go > with "07 HPFS/NTFS" or "86 NTFS volume set" or "87 NTFS volume set"? > > Similarly, If I want to create FAT32 partition so that I can exchange files > between windows and Linux, should I go with "0B W95 FAT32" or ""w95 FAT32" > "w95 FAT32 (LBA)" > > What are the advantages in choosing one over the other? I tried to google, > /usr/share/doc/util-linux etc., but could not find anything useful.
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch10.en.html#_removable_storage_device This should give you much of required information. By the way, did you google on wikipedia? <some words ...> site:wikipedia.org This is generally good place to get good list of well reviewd information. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_partitioning ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100822132627.gb5...@debian.org
