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Subject: Re: ROCKBOX AND NTFS ???

Re: ROCKBOX AND NTFS ???

From: Joseph Jones <bumpycarrot_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 06:08:06 +0100

Personally I'd suggest trying Knoppix. There's a Linux partition
manager called parted that'll be able to do the job for you.

On 8/9/05, Alma Hix <almahix_at_myway.com> wrote:
>
> "David Pedersen" <dav-ped_at_frisurf.no> wrote in message
> news:000f01c59c87$aa4f02f0$6400a8c0_at_acerauy6ee8o5q...
> > Can the Archoes jukebox be run with a hard drive that is formatted with
> > the NTFS? Or does it have to be FAT32?
> >
> > How big a disk can you actually put into the jukebox?
> >
> > When I tried to format a 60gb disk, with FAT32, Windows reports that the
> > disk is too big for FAT32. And the Swiss Knife, that has been suggested,
> > ends up with an error report, that Windows wants to send; when I try to
> > part/format the drive.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > David
> >
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>
> I had exactly the same problem. I tried to fat32 format my new 60gb hard
> drive with SwissKnife, and the progress bar was all over the place. Forward,
> back, forward again, back, etc., until it crashed. Bad program. So my 60 gb
> hard drive has a 32 gb fat32 partition, and the rest unallocated.
>
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