Win4Lin User's Guide

Create Virtual Partition

Use this dialog box to specify the following items when you create a virtual DOS volume:

  1. Size

    You can specify a volume size from 3 to 32 MB.

  2. Reserve Disk Space

    If you select the Reserve Disk Space check box, you reserve the full amount of requested disk space for the volume at the time the volume is created, thus ensuring that the maximum requested space is available when you need it.

    If you do not select the Reserve Disk Space check box, you request that space be acquired dynamically, as volume contents grow, up to the size requested for the volume. In this case, if sufficient free space does not exist on the Linux file system at the time it is needed, you will not be able to add data to the volume.

  3. Permissions for Others

    Select one of the following radio buttons to specify the type of access that other users can have to the volume:

    No Access for others
    Only you can access the volume.

    Read Only for others
    Other users can read files on the volume, but cannot update, add, or delete files on it.

    Read/Write for others
    You and other users can read, update, add, or delete files on the volume.