Re: RH linux and FAT partitions

["Robert G. Brown" <bob@xxxxxxx>]

>> No, RHS decided not to support this, although RH Linux does
>> support reading
>> and writing of all FAT partitions. You must run RH Linux from an ext2 par-
>> tition.
>not even with a special boot disk? that's what i was told anyway, wanted to
>know if that was true or not.
Not even with green eggs and Ham.

>so i guess i'll have to get a redhat cd to install it.
The Red Hat CD requires a boot disk, which you can make on any system that 
supports the ISO9660 format CDs.  When you buy Red Hat from those nice little
people in North Carolina, they send two (one boot, one auxiliary) disks
with the CD set.

>you'd think that if you could read a fat32 drive with a boot disk and
>install from it in slackware you could at least do it in redhat. oh well.
Yeah, and you'd think that if enough people were colorblind, blue shoes and
plaid socks would be more popular, but it ain't so.

Red Hat made a choice in assembling their system.  You can find out why they 
did this if you like by writing to them. Go visit thier site and find out
who to write to about this.  If you really want to use Red Hat and add this
feature back in, have at it! The Source is with you!

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