I was messing around with the kiloyard, although 'megafoot' would have been better I also wasn't saying kibibytes etc was wrong, just that its not a term thats used as it would further complicate the confusion!
Could someone test this by formatting another partition (w/ Protogon format) & test installing Windows 8 on that? I'm curious if it'll work.
Does anyone know which file in the sources folder is responsible for formatting? I could look into it to find references to protogon. If that's the case than Win8 must be able to run from protogon. But since protogon is more an extension to NTFS (at least I think so) I think it'll run anyway. Of is it only possible to format drives when booting from dvd?
I was thinking one could format another partition using the command prompt, the same way one formats a Flash Drive but instead format a partition. Then install Windows 8 w/ the DVD (clean install) but don't format it again.
ok, guys need more tests.... in these days i'll format a protogon partition on test notebook and install W8 there...... On Vhd is normal that are not working (i u think 8 has problems running on virtual machines still we are in early builds...) I'll let u know differences.... Nice goin..... EDIT: doing right now with: Formatting 99MB The volume is too small for the specified file system??
Installed on VHD using the 7955 DVD, after installation FileSystem appears to be NTFS and not Protogon.... Now I'm going to try the same thing on an external HDD
doing right now in internal HD previously formatted in Protogon.... Expanding windows files 88%... seems faster than Ntfs..... Flop........... The previously Protogon partition created, after install becomes nTFS "During installation i choose drive with protogon without formatting....." But seems Windows keeps NTFS as default file system without formatting???
Thanks alex, I did the same steps & received the same results on a 32.9 GB Protogon pre-formatted partition. One thing I noticed is that the NTFS -> Protogon format only took 14 min, 15 sec.
try: Code: format [Drive]:/fs:protogon /q it tooks a lot of time becouse you made a complete formatting
Lol. That's a good one - ProtoGone! Though if you think about it, it sounds like a shorthand for Prototype Gone - which is exactly what WinFS was (and yes yes, I know WinFS was just a storage sublayer, not a true FS). Poor WinFS... Ahhh.. I still got en_WinFS_Beta1.exe on my archive array... Never got any action, that one...
Why does nobody ask why the HEADER of the filesystem for Protogon is PROTODEAD ? Weird isnt it. why not PROTOGON
And what exactly have removable devices to do with protogon? @hey_tommy: can you quickly format something with winfs? If there are a lot of similarities between winfs and protogon then the big question is answered.