On 12/31/2021 8:14 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
On Thu, 30 Dec 2021 at 21:04, Deposite Pirate <dpir...@metalpunks.info> wrote:
Windows XP can indeed officially be installed and boot from FAT32.
https://kb.iu.edu/d/ajqm
AFAICS that page is inconclusive and merely says that XP supports
FAT16, 32 and NTFS, which was never in doubt. But I checked and you're
right. It's a long time since I installed XP!
Actually, since Windows 2000, the default installation option will
always create and install on a NTFS partition, though you could install
on a FAT[16/32] partition optionally. I think this option has been
removed with one of the service packs for Windows XP (SP2?), as it
creates a problem when the computer you use as your host has more as 2GB
of physical RAM.
At that point, the system wants to create a page file that is larger (by
default) than the 2GB fixed file size limit of FAT16/32.
Ralf
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