On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 03:30:07PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>I just got me a new laptop the dell inspiron 8600 with a 60gig harddrive. > >>I would like to set up a dual boot system on the one harddrive. The > >> catch > >>is I was thinking it would be nice if my linux system could see my > >> windows > >>documents and likewise. So to start with if I was going with a regular > >>dual boot I would want lilo on a mbr and a ext3 partition and a ntfs > >>partition. Right? > >> > >>Now what is the best way to share data my guess is I would need a fat32 > >>partition both can read that right? WOuld the best way to go be to add > >>that in addition to the two other partitions and put shared data on this > >>partition or would it make sense to just put my windows system on fat32? > >> > >>Or is there another option? > >> > >>-thanks ryan > >> > >> > >> > >> > > I have something similar. I have four partitions. > > > > 1 - ext3 (debian) > > 1 - ntfs (Windows XP) > > 1- vfat/fat32 (shared docs, images, etc) > > 1 - swap > > > > > > The vfat partition is visible and accessible from both debian and > > Windows XP. > > > > > > This has worked great for me. > > > > > > Russ > > > > > Thanks for the reply. Now is there any reason not to just load windows on > the vfat partition? Is it slower?
IIRC NTFS is journaled, also has ACLs. In theory its more secure and safer than vfat. Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]