lvxferre , 11 months ago

Why this? isn’t NTFS primary a windows partition type?

Because FAT32 has a 4GB file size limit, it’s generally slower, and it’s easier for hardware faults to corrupt files in a FAT32 filesystem.

Usually I wouldn’t bother with FAT32 unless some device specifically requires it, but this is uncommon nowadays. (Be sure to check it out first though, just in case, before ever thinking about changing filesystems!) And nowadays, even if NTFS was originally a Windows partition type (and FAT32 a DOS/W9x one), Linux has excellent support for both, both writing and accessing.

But without moving it, shouldn’t I be able to extend it right by 4.01Mb?

It’s probably aligning the round edge to the hardware. Odds are that you can turn this off (in gparted you can), check if there isn’t something about this in “Advanced >>”.

Either way, I wouldn’t worry too much. It’s just 4MB.