I am running Windows 2000 and I want to also install RedHat. My hard disk is NTFS partitioned can RedHat read NTFS? If it can't could I convert the drive to FAT32 or would I just have to reformat?
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I am running Windows 2000 and I want to also install RedHat. My hard disk is NTFS partitioned can RedHat read NTFS? If it can't could I convert the drive to FAT32 or would I just have to reformat?
you can read ntfs if redhat is setup to. Did you install red hat on a ntfs partiton? if so I wouldnt, Id create a new partition, you will need at leaset 2, one for swap other for the main partition. But just make room on the hard drive for at least 6 gb, depends how big you want the linux partiton, and then redhat has a option to take that extra space and add partitons automaticly.
Once you get red hat installed on a ext3 filesystem (or fat32) you can then either download the addon module that allows read/write to ntfs partitons (which is not a good idea to begin with) or get a newer kernel that has ntfs support and recompile the kernel. Again writing to a ntfs partiton from linux is not a good idea, it could screw up the windows ntfs partiton
Like Daemon said you can read ntfs just fine in linux but it's the write part that is hairy. I don't think that there is a stable write proccess in RH9 thought. Do what Daemon said and partition the drive for linux (let it do it for you though ;))
to make my hard disk be FAT 32 instead of NTFS I would have to erase the data right? Is there no way around it?
nope, once ntfs you cant convert it to somthing else