USB booting :: USB Partitions sda1 vs sda2 and free space



I am running DSL 2.0 off of my 256 Mg USB thumb drive - all works great!
1)I thought I read somewhere that DSL partitions USB'S into 2  - I have looked, searched the forums and googled - but I cannot find it. Did i dream it ? I would appreciate it if someone knows where this is - if they would post a link and explain the purpose of the 2 partitions is. In my case I have sda1 and sda2.
2) Is there a command or through Emelfm to see the unused space left on each partition?
USB ZIP boot method uses two partitions as there is a limitiation from the zip emulation standard.
Usually your backup will use the second partition. Both are formatted for fat.
Windows can see the second partition, except Windows XP. Windows 95,98,and Me can see it.
Only XP cannot thanks to MS.
If your computer can boot via USB HDD then a single, but all Linux, partition can be used.
Ok...  Good answer.  Now...  I need some space on that USB drive to be addressable by XP, so...
I am no Windows XP guy. The limitations I discussed are caused by Microsoft XP.

I think many users with XP and large powerful machines use the dsl-embedded where the entire usb pendrive is visible to XP.
Since you are now running XP + Qemu + DSL, things run much slower than native DSL. If you choose this option there are Qemu specific things that you will be faced with.

Another option is the vmplayer. The vmplayer must be installed into the XP system, but once it is so, your pendrive can be used for DSL.

Maybe other users with more experience with XP than me can comment. I only setup the base DSL to work in these window environments. I personally do not spend much time with any windows product.
My question was related to DSL, I think.  Can I set up the partition table under DSL, so the other, bigger partition is the one XP can see?  Or, can I change what the script does, so it's just one big vfat partition.  This seems to make sense.  There's no real reason to have two partitions unless you want to hide the DSL installation from XP, which might actually be a good idea.  The existing situation is just a bit pointless.  Why do I need two partitions under DSL, anyway.  I'm happy to use one.  Unless this has to do with the write limit for DOC's.

I'm pretty familiar with XP, and Linux, and OS/2, and a couple of other OS's, but the USB partitioning thing is a bit new to all of us, I think.  DSL's USB install script partitions the pen drive into two partitions, then installs DSL on the smaller one.  This is great up to that point.  Now I want to be able to put data on the pen drive using the OS of my choice.  With the partitioning scheme DSL's script used, I can't see the big, data partition with XP, which is, of course, the common Windows version du jour.
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