The following table shows the operating systems that can be used with various partition sizes and formatting types.
|
Operating System |
Partition Size |
FAT16 |
FAT32 |
NTFS/5 |
|
Windows 95 OSR2 |
Less than 2GB |
v |
v |
0 |
|
Windows 95 OSR2 |
Greater than 2GB |
0 |
v |
0 |
|
Windows 98/98 SE |
Less than 2GB |
v |
v |
0 |
|
Windows 98/98 SE |
Greater than 2GB |
0 |
v |
0 |
|
Windows NT (with Ramdisk DOS6.x) |
Less than 2GB |
v |
0 |
v |
|
Windows NT |
Greater than 4GB |
0 |
0 |
v* |
|
Windows NT (with Ramdisk DOS7.X or Ramdisk DOS8.0) |
Greater than 2GB |
v** |
0 |
v |
|
Windows 2000 |
Less than 2GB |
v |
v |
v |
|
Windows 2000 |
Greater than 4GB |
0 |
v |
v* |
|
Windows 2000 (with Ramdisk DOS7.X or Ramdisk DOS8.0) |
Greater than 2GB |
0v** |
v |
v
|
* When you install the Windows NT or Windows 2000 operating system and set the parameters, you can set the File System of system drive parameter to NTFS to automatically convert the FAT 16 partition to NTFS. Or, after the Windows NT or Windows 2000 operating system is installed you can use the CCM action package wntcvo1e.010 to make the conversion.
** If you are installing Windows NT with Ramdisk DOS7.X or Ramdisk DOS8.0 or Windows 2000 with Ramdisk DOS7.X or Ramdisk DOS8.0, you can set the FAT16 partition size to 4000MB. CCM will correctly format the partition based on 64KB clusters rather than the 32KB-cluster 2GB limit normally used for FAT 16 partitioning.
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