Re: Trying to get a partition shared between WinXP and FC3

[Benno Schulenberg]

address@hidden wrote:
> # parted /dev/hdb mkfs 3 fat32
>
> 1. Am I right to think that I can change the filesystem on hdb3
> from ext3 to vfat simply by issuing the above command?

Yes.  But all files (if any) on that partition will be destroyed.

> 2. Is my making that change likely to affect adversely anything
> on hdb?

No.  Nothing else on hdb will be affected, just hdb3.

> 3. If the answer to 1 is yes and the answer to 2 is no, will
> Windows recognise hdb3 once it's got a vfat filesystem on it

I have no idea.  Just try it.  Move any files you want to keep from 
hdb3 temporarily elsewhere, make the new file system, put the files 
back (if any), and see if Windows recognizes it.
(And please report back here the result.  :)

Benno