NTFS should recognize the disk, but this is usually not the best way to go. After installation has completed, use the Disk Management console and partition the rest of the drive or drives you have. You want to control the selection on the root bridge to a distribution layer switch by changing the bridge priority on that switch. By default, all switches have the same priority. Therefore, the root bridge election will be based on the lowest MAC address, which will probably be an older or lower-end switch.
Cab files are a type of archive file.
It is a single file, which stores multiple files within it. It is a great way to distribute multiple files, and at the same time, compress them, so they take up less space. Another example is a ZIP file. Microsoft used Cab files to deliver the files needed for Windows. IP masquerading is a form of Network Address Translation, or NAT, that allows internally connected computers that do not have one or more registered Internet IP addresses to have the ability to communicate to the Internet via your Linux box's single Internet IP address.