VirtualBox asking specific file system...

[dr_pompeii]

Hello guys

I have a PC Desktop with Linux Fedora and Windows XP, for the second this have:

C NTFS
D Fat32

I remember have installed VirtualBox (some version, many months ago) in unit D and with the intentions to do some experiments
I decided do the follow about virtualisation:

1) Install Ubuntu
2) Install Windows XP (yes, again, to not leave my principal XP unstable...)

I couldn't, VirtualBox ask for a partition with the respective file systems for each case, I mean

For (1) ext3 or ext4 or related (/, home) was required, well C and D is NTFS and FAT32, therefore was impossible....
For (2) I had problems, since D is FAT32, VirtualBox ask for NTFS, so I couldn't.... ( I had to reinstall VirtualBox to C or do other trick)

Well It is annoying..... Perhaps I am missing some step instruction?

I am writing this post to do the follow questions..

1) Is normal such behaviour? I thought the virtualisation process should be simple and complete, such trick of the "file system expected" was annoying
2) With VirtualBox for Mac, How I could install Windows 8?, if it work in NTFS and I assume Mac has other file system format....

Imagine a Windows user with a PC Desktop with one hard disk with two partitions (C/D) with NTFS and FAT32 file systems.... Therefore I am not able to do a virtualisation of Linux....

Thanks in advanced...

[stefan.becker]

FAT32 is crappy shit from Fred Flintstone. Limited as limitation is possible. For example max. file size is 4 GB.

So its not a good choice, with 4 GB you can only get Windows 3.11 or 98 to start.

Better is NTFS. And linux machines can access NTFS with NTFS-3G.