Red Hat Linux 6.0

Titus03 · November 21st, 2003

Is it possible to install Red Hat Linux 6.0 to FAT32 HD?

**Kirby** · November 21st, 2003

Kinda behind on the times here, I have RedHat ISOs that are at 9.0, please tell me that was a typo

I'm getting alot of seach results from something named "vfat". I'm more of a mandrake user, so I can't tell you what it means

edit> OK found something on it> http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/vfat.html

Ipswitch · November 21st, 2003

vfat is just the kernel driver that lets you read FAT partitions. im not sure if you can install to one, i think you are able to, but there has to be ext2 somewhere, maybe in the boot partition or something. im not that sure.

Gaenya · November 22nd, 2003

I dont know if this is what youre looking fot but
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...tallation.html

Andrew Hruska · November 22nd, 2003

You can do this since 7.1, but in 8.0 and up ( 8.0, 9.0, Fedora Core 1 ) it is almost impossible to run from it.

**Kirby** · November 24th, 2003

here's something else I found. It's not RedHat, but it is a Slackware distro that can run on top of Windows

http://topologi-linux.sourceforge.net/index.php

**ammoQ** · November 27th, 2003

Most linux distros can shrink FAT32 partitions to free some space for regular Linux partitions (ext2, ext3, reiser etc.) Some current Linux distros (Mandrake 9.1, 9.2, SuSE 9) can even shrink NTFS partitions. Installing Linux on FAT32 may be possible but I think it's a bad idea.

RamsusX · November 27th, 2003

There's usually a big performance cost when you install Linux on a FAT32 partition. Besides that, Linux will just be installed on a disk image that will be located on the FAT32 partition. You won't save any space (since the image will be a fixed size), you won't be able to access files on the image, and you'll lose performance when running Linux.

The fixed-size problem is very big these days, because a full Linux installation can easily eat up a few GB. Because of this, you'll have a 2-3 GB file sitting on your HD using up space, even if Linux might only be using up half of it.

The only real advantage is that you don't have to repartition your hard drive. But that's not nearly as difficult as it once was.

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November 21st, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Kirby I want you INSIDE me Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 8,382	Re: Red Hat Linux 6.0 Kinda behind on the times here, I have RedHat ISOs that are at 9.0, please tell me that was a typo I'm getting alot of seach results from something named "vfat". I'm more of a mandrake user, so I can't tell you what it means edit> OK found something on it> http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/vfat.html __________________ Kirby's AnimeDB list AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ Toledo, Nvidia GeForce 7950GT SLi, 2GB PC3200 2-3-2-5, ABit AN8-SLi, Sound Blaster X-FI XtremeMusic

November 21st, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Ipswitch /dev/user Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Internet Posts: 407	Re: Red Hat Linux 6.0 vfat is just the kernel driver that lets you read FAT partitions. im not sure if you can install to one, i think you are able to, but there has to be ext2 somewhere, maybe in the boot partition or something. im not that sure.

November 22nd, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Gaenya Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Colombia, Medellin Posts: 102	Re: Red Hat Linux 6.0 I dont know if this is what youre looking fot but http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...tallation.html

November 22nd, 2003	#5 (permalink)
Andrew Hruska Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: somewhere Posts: 1,121	Re: Red Hat Linux 6.0 You can do this since 7.1, but in 8.0 and up ( 8.0, 9.0, Fedora Core 1 ) it is almost impossible to run from it.

November 24th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Kirby I want you INSIDE me Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 8,382	Re: Red Hat Linux 6.0 here's something else I found. It's not RedHat, but it is a Slackware distro that can run on top of Windows http://topologi-linux.sourceforge.net/index.php __________________ Kirby's AnimeDB list AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ Toledo, Nvidia GeForce 7950GT SLi, 2GB PC3200 2-3-2-5, ABit AN8-SLi, Sound Blaster X-FI XtremeMusic

November 27th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
ammoQ Emu author Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Vienna/Austria/Europe Posts: 1,168	Re: Red Hat Linux 6.0 Most linux distros can shrink FAT32 partitions to free some space for regular Linux partitions (ext2, ext3, reiser etc.) Some current Linux distros (Mandrake 9.1, 9.2, SuSE 9) can even shrink NTFS partitions. Installing Linux on FAT32 may be possible but I think it's a bad idea. __________________ If you think my English is bad, wait till you read my Polish.

November 27th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
RamsusX Ramsus K Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 461	Re: Red Hat Linux 6.0 There's usually a big performance cost when you install Linux on a FAT32 partition. Besides that, Linux will just be installed on a disk image that will be located on the FAT32 partition. You won't save any space (since the image will be a fixed size), you won't be able to access files on the image, and you'll lose performance when running Linux. The fixed-size problem is very big these days, because a full Linux installation can easily eat up a few GB. Because of this, you'll have a 2-3 GB file sitting on your HD using up space, even if Linux might only be using up half of it. The only real advantage is that you don't have to repartition your hard drive. But that's not nearly as difficult as it once was.

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