Quick question on Ubuntu with NTFS

addylad · 28 Dec 2008 at 20:01

Hi,

Just a quick check; is it OK to have a NTFS formatted partition for Ubuntu? Or should I do FAT32? Or, does Ubuntu do it by itself/let you choose? I ask this because I have a 40GB partition for Ubuntu, which is currently formatted to NTFS by Windows... I was going to install to that.

Thanks a lot, hoping to install it in a few minutes, just got to make the Live CD!

addylad · 28 Dec 2008 at 20:09

Thanks for the reply, just as I was editing you posted...

The partition is already formatted by Windows to NTFS, so I was wondering whether Ubuntu will do the hard work and sort it out for me... or whether I have to manually change it somehow.

Thanks.

addylad · 28 Dec 2008 at 20:12

OK so my current paritions are like this:
40GB - ACER (C) - NTFS - Windows XP Home installed on this
40GB - UBUNTU (D) - NTFS - blank - ? ready for Ubuntu ?
13GB - RECOVERY (E) (soon to be renamed as SHARED) - NTFS - blank

Sorry, I should have mentioned, I am dual booting.

addylad · 28 Dec 2008 at 20:14

fishfishfish said:
Perfick.

So Ubuntu will change the format from NTFS to Ext3 by itself (crosses fingers)? Or does this have to be done manually?

Thanks.