- Linux sees Windows partition as full
- Posted by Doug Laidlaw on March 1st, 2004
I am running Mandrake 9.2. My Windows partition is 6.4 MB with 3.4 MB used.
The df command says that the Windows partition is 100% used, and any
attempt to write files to it is met with a message that there is
insufficient space. The Xdu graphical utility shows the true picture.
Where can I start looking?
Doug.
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Always go to toher people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.
- Yogi Berra.
- Posted by General Schvantzkoph on March 1st, 2004
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 21:48:12 +1100, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
If the Windows partition is NTFS then you can't write to it. Linux has
read support for NTFS but no reliable write support. Because write
support is considered unreliable it is almost always disabled in the
kernel. Sharing partitions on a network is easy, SAMBA works very well,
but on the same machine you are pretty much limited to using FAT32.
- Posted by Doug Laidlaw on March 1st, 2004
General Schvantzkoph wrote:
Thanks, General. It is indeed FAT32 (Win98, 4k clusters.) The present
problem is a new development. Norton Disk Doctor said something about
fixing the FAT, but that made no difference.
Doug.
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Love, even the love of God, is only mediated through persons.
- Leslie Weatherhead.
- Posted by qIroS on March 1st, 2004
Doug Laidlaw wrote:
What version of Windows? Windows/286 ?
What filesystem is it formatted with (FAT?)
What kernel version are you running?
- Posted by Doug Laidlaw on March 1st, 2004
qIroS wrote:
Kernel is 2.4.22-21mdk. Windows is Win98 SE, FAT32 with the new small
sectors made possible with Win98 (I have forgotten what this is called.) It
was O.K. until about a fortnight ago.
Doug.
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If you want to find out whether a thing is unbreakable, give it to a child
to play with.
- Posted by Doug Laidlaw on March 2nd, 2004
Doug Laidlaw wrote:
Ran NDD again. It said there was still something wrong with the FAT and
repaired it. Now it is all normal again.
Doug.
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Here lies my wife, here let her lie!
Now she's at peace, and so am I.
--Dryden's epitaph on his wife.
- Posted by General Schvantzkoph on March 2nd, 2004
On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 00:08:52 +1100, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
If you are running Win98 why don't you get Win4Lin and then all your
problems will be solved. With Win4Lin you run Win9x on top of Linux, i'e'
no need to dual boot, considerably fewer stability problems, and no
need for half assed file systems.
- Posted by Jeroen Geilman on March 5th, 2004
Doug Laidlaw wrote:
It is called FAT32 ;-)
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Jeroen Geilman
Analog bits courtesy of adaptr.
