.net, C:drive,NT4.0 FAT limitations

[Tom Yasnowski]

Hello all;

I want to install vs.net professional onto my NT 4.0 server's
C: drive. It is set up as FAT, with max capacity of
2Gig. The software is over or approaching 2.0 gig, depending
on what features you install. I do not want to put this on the D drive because if it was like my VB 6.0, it did not run quite right.
For example on the the VS.net that I now have on the D drive,
when converting a 6.0 app, it want to use the C: drive for I would presume is some working storage, even though I said put the converted app on the D: drive. My C: drive is full, so it cant do it. So I need a bigger C: drive. The PC guy says the max you can have on the C drive for NT 4.0 server is 2 gigs, FAT OR NTFS. Is this true?

Thanks
Tom

[ender_pete]

i dont think its true, i used to have a NT 4.0 server running with a 8 gig C drive. I cant remember if i built it that way or repartioned it after i built it.

[Thelonius]

You can have an NTFS bigger than 2 GB. I've had some that were 20 gigs. NTFS is, essentially, a more secure version of FAT32. The only reason you would have a FAT partition for your system is in case you needed to access the file system with DOS for a crash recovery. I've never had a problem putting my program files on D. In fact, most NT4 admin guides will tell you to do that if you have a FAT and NTFS partition. If you are doing some serious VB6 to VBdN upgrades, you may want to invest in a 2000 box. The disk and memory management is much easier and more efficient.

[Tom Yasnowski]

Thelonius,

Thanks,

I realize you can put more than 2 gig on NTFS, the the point the PC guy was making was that irregardless of FAT or NTSF, the max NT4.0 server OS can handle on the C: drive is 2 gigs, which I find hard to believe.

Tom

[Thelonius]

And you should. I've set up an NT4 server with one 8GB C: drive. It's not what was recommended, but it still worked.

[Tom Yasnowski]

Well,
I think I know what to do from here..
Thanks to all you folks for your responses

Tom