Q: GPL and NTFS

Does GPL not run on NTFS partitions?

It ran fine (for me) on Win 2000 using NTFS. Ian P AndrewS <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:fSEC7.131$[email hidden]... > Does GPL not run on NTFS partitions? > >

"Ian P" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9rf61i$ttg$[email hidden]... > It ran fine (for me) on Win 2000 using NTFS. > > Ian P Odd. GPL ran fine for me on all the XP betas, but now that I have the final it doesn't work. I thought it might have been the NTFS partition.

AndrewS <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:HlFC7.139$[email hidden]...

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> > "Ian P" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9rf61i$ttg$[email hidden]... > > It ran fine (for me) on Win 2000 using NTFS. > > > > Ian P > > Odd. GPL ran fine for me on all the XP betas, but now that I have the

final > it doesn't work. I thought it might have been the NTFS partition. >What graphics and sound card are you using? Cheers Murray

"AndrewS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:fSEC7.131$[email hidden]... : Does GPL not run on NTFS partitions? : The functionality of software (except disk utilities, etc) doesn't depend on the partition type. Your OS performs the "conversion" for you from disk format to actual file. That said, GPL works great in W2K (NTFS5) and XP (NTFS6?). Dale.

"l" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > What graphics and sound card are you using? > > Cheers > > Murray Voodoo3 and SBLive. The only thing I've done differently between the preview copies of XP and the release copy is converting the partition from FAT32 to NTFS. I'm not too worried about it. My hardware is due for an upgrade so maybe a new video card will solve the problems.

"Dale Green" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "AndrewS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:fSEC7.131$[email hidden]... > : Does GPL not run on NTFS partitions? > : > > The functionality of software (except disk utilities, etc) doesn't dependon > the partition type. Your OS performs the "conversion" for you from disk > format to actual file. > > That said, GPL works great in W2K (NTFS5) and XP (NTFS6?). > > Dale. This is true in theory but not always true in reality. I copied GPL to a jaz drive that I formatted as FAT32 and it now works. Still doesn't run from the NTFS partition though. Very odd. I guess I'll convert the partition back to FAT32 for my games. -Andrew

"AndrewS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Wz%C7.206$[email hidden]... : : This is true in theory but not always true in reality. I copied GPL to a : jaz drive that I formatted as FAT32 and it now works. Still doesn't run : from the NTFS partition though. : Unless your system is really f'd up there's something else at work here than file system weirdness. If you care anymore :-) there are a few other things to try: Do you have full permissions to the NTFS partition (*and* the folder/subfolders) that holds GPL? Try moving the GPL folder to your system partition (which you should have full access to). Make sure you're logged in as an administrator. If you move files/folders to FAT32 all security is discarded which could explain your recent success with GPL. Dale.

"Dale Green" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > "AndrewS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Wz%C7.206$[email hidden]... > : > : This is true in theory but not always true in reality. I copied GPL toa > : jaz drive that I formatted as FAT32 and it now works. Still doesn't run > : from the NTFS partition though. > : > > Unless your system is really f'd up there's something else at work herethan > file system weirdness. If you care anymore :-) there are a few otherthings > to try: > > Do you have full permissions to the NTFS partition (*and* the > folder/subfolders) that holds GPL? Try moving the GPL folder to yoursystem

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> partition (which you should have full access to). Make sure you're logged > in as an administrator. > > If you move files/folders to FAT32 all security is discarded which could > explain your recent success with GPL. > > Dale.

My system isn't completely f'd up but it is a little strange. My system drive with XP is D: and my data drive with my games is C: Probably not a common choice of partitioning, but I had 98 installed on C and didn't want to upgrade. I was able to get GPL to work on an NTFS drive, but my problem still isn't solved. I formated my jaz drive as NTFS (G:), installed GPL applied the 1.2 patch and it worked! GPL still doesn't run from the C drive after following the same steps for the jaz drive installation. So maybe it's not NTFS but my system config. -Andrew

"AndrewS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qr2D7.504$[email hidden]...

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> > "Dale Green" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > > "AndrewS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:Wz%C7.206$[email hidden]... > > : > > : This is true in theory but not always true in reality. I copied GPL

to > a > > : jaz drive that I formatted as FAT32 and it now works. Still doesn'trun

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> > : from the NTFS partition though. > > : > > > > Unless your system is really f'd up there's something else at work here > than > > file system weirdness. If you care anymore :-) there are a few other > things > > to try: > > > > Do you have full permissions to the NTFS partition (*and* the > > folder/subfolders) that holds GPL? Try moving the GPL folder to your > system > > partition (which you should have full access to). Make sure you're

logged

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> > in as an administrator. > > > > If you move files/folders to FAT32 all security is discarded which could > > explain your recent success with GPL. > > > > Dale. > > My system isn't completely f'd up but it is a little strange. My system > drive with XP is D: and my data drive with my games is C: Probably not

a > common choice of partitioning, but I had 98 installed on C and didn't want > to upgrade. > > I was able to get GPL to work on an NTFS drive, but my problem still isn't > solved. I formated my jaz drive as NTFS (G:), installed GPL applied the1.2 > patch and it worked! GPL still doesn't run from the C drive after > following the same steps for the jaz drive installation. So maybe it'snot > NTFS but my system config. > > -Andrew > > >Is the volume/folder you're installing it all to compressed? GPL doesn't like that. -- Remove guts to reply

"janS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9rjn1s$t5d$[email hidden]... > > > Is the volume/folder you're installing it all to compressed? GPL doesn't > like that. > -- > Remove guts to reply No it's not compressed. I thought it might be a size issue. My C (data) drive has 10 gigs free, but my D (system) drive only has a little over a gig. It runs from neither. Really a strange situation since I had virtually the same configuration when I was running XP release candidate 1 & 2. It's connected to NTFS somehow, I'm just not sure how. I tried to use the Microsoft convert.exe to change the partition back to FAT32 but it won't do it. It only seems to convert to NTFS and not the other way around. -Andrew

"AndrewS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:fSEC7.131$[email hidden]... > Does GPL not run on NTFS partitions? > > Had trouble getting GPL to run on an NTFS partition. Converted the partition back to FAT32 and everything works.

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> > "janS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9rjn1s$t5d$[email hidden]... > > > > > > Is the volume/folder you're installing it all to compressed? GPL doesn't > > like that. > > -- > > Remove guts to reply > > No it's not compressed. I thought it might be a size issue. My C (data) > drive has 10 gigs free, but my D (system) drive only has a little over a > gig. It runs from neither. Really a strange situation since I had > virtually the same configuration when I was running XP release candidate 1

& > 2. It's connected to NTFS somehow, I'm just not sure how. I tried to use > the Microsoft convert.exe to change the partition back to FAT32 but itwon't > do it. It only seems to convert to NTFS and not the other way around. > > -Andrew > Ah - XP. Well, there's your problem! (I just read the rest of the thread, and - no - I can't tell you why) -- Remove guts to reply

"AndrewS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:5GdD7.122$%[email hidden]...

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> > "janS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9rjn1s$t5d$[email hidden]... > > > > > > Is the volume/folder you're installing it all to compressed? GPL doesn't > > like that. > > -- > > Remove guts to reply > > No it's not compressed. I thought it might be a size issue. My C (data) > drive has 10 gigs free, but my D (system) drive only has a little over a > gig. It runs from neither. Really a strange situation since I had > virtually the same configuration when I was running XP release candidate 1

& > 2. It's connected to NTFS somehow, I'm just not sure how. I tried to use > the Microsoft convert.exe to change the partition back to FAT32 but itwon't > do it. It only seems to convert to NTFS and not the other way around. > > -Andrew > >...and (in addition to my last reply),have you mentioned *how* it doesn't work (e.g. symptoms)? -- Remove guts to reply