> > I dual boot between Linux and W2k. I store the shared data on a > > FAT. Whenever I write to it from Linux it almost always comes up > > corrupted. > > > > Is there some special setting I should have in my 'fstab' or > > something? > > > > It is so bad that it is basically useless. I don't do anything > > special just open KWrite, enter some journal entries and exit. > > > > Thanks...David > > David, You may already know this but.. > are you sure its FAT and not NTFS .. > I dont have W2K, but IIRC it uses NTFS and Linux can't write to > it. It can read NTFS .. just no writing to it. > > or it could be that kwrite is saving it in unix format which has a > different EOL character, so you could look into dos2unix, which will > convert between the 2 different types. > > or I could be way off with my guessing > HTH .. somehow 8) > > RickS
Thanks for the reply. I am sure its FAT. I create a 1GB FAT partition (hda1) for file tansfer. W2K is NFTF (hda2). I also boot to DOS on that partition to run some old programs that only run under DOS. Its not line endings or anything like that. It file system corruption. When I run the DOS scandisk, it complains about cross linked files, unused sectors, etc. The directory is messed up. I regularly lose data for linux writes. Its is wierd because sometimes even Linux will realize that the directory is hosed (while I am working in a Linux session). Thanks for the tips...David
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