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Re: shrinking fat32 and cluster size
From: |
Andrew Clausen |
Subject: |
Re: shrinking fat32 and cluster size |
Date: |
Fri, 11 Jun 2004 22:17:19 +1000 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i |
On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 10:29:41AM +0000, address@hidden wrote:
> I am under the impression that parted doesnt change fat32 cluster size
> when resizing. I must shrink my Win98SE partition (the whole 10GB drive)
> before installing Slackware Linux and dual-booting.
Parted does change the cluster size.
> I believe a 10GB partition has 8KB clusters, but my desired 5GB
> partition requires 4KB clusters (8GB is the boundary).
>
> 1) Would Win98SE function properly if the cluster size was not changed?
No.
> 2) If Windows would function, then would there be a performance hit? (I
> mean speedwise - I've got enough space to waste.)
>
> 3) If parted *can* now change fat32 cluster size then since which
> version? (I think I have parted1.6.6, which came with Slackware9.1 and the
> 2.4.22 kernal.)
Since 1.2.x.
Cheers,
Andrew