[wellylug] FAT32 partition size

[Rob Giltrap]

I have always been of the understanding that a FAT32 partition could 
only be 8GB in size. I think that I got this idea from Win98 only being 
able to boot from the first 8GB of the disk or something along those lines.

So I have been operating with a shared partition between WinXP and 
Ubuntu of 8GB which is woefully inadequate.

It now dawns on me that I have been stupid and this limitation is not valid.

My question is, what is the size limit for a FAT32 partition, and are 
the any gotchas I need to be aware of?

My expected partition layout on my soon to be purchased new notebook HDD 
will be:

1) Primary - WinXP recovery 2GB
2) Primary - WinXP proper 15GB
3) Primary - FAT32  25GB
4) Primary - Extended - Linux / 15GB
                 - Extended - Linux Swap .5GB

Does this make sense?

Cheers, Rob.