Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux
Probably the easiest would be FAT32. You'll find that when you've installed Linux, it will mount it for you by default. You'll find it from Linux as /mnt/windows, or /mnt/win_c - something like that. /Brian On Monday 24 December 2001 4:34 am, you wrote: On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 11:21:47 -0600 kenn yahoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration: Greetings Well, my xmas gift to myself -- a new laptop -- arrived via FedEx yesterday, and I've successfully created a dual boot with windows and linux ... now that i know i can do that, today's task is to reinstall linux, this time changing the partitioning ... i need to have one small partition (500Mb) that can be accessed by either windows or linux (the reason being that, as much as i had to admit it, i can't find a web page design program that i like as well as Dreamweaver). what file system should i choose? and how do i make it accessible by windows? === Most file systems can be accessed by Linux. vfat (a windows fs) can be mounted rw by linux and shouldn't pose any problems for your linux system. Merry christmas to you also, and enjoy your early gift ;-) Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux
On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 11:21:47 -0600 kenn yahoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration: Greetings Well, my xmas gift to myself -- a new laptop -- arrived via FedEx yesterday, and I've successfully created a dual boot with windows and linux ... now that i know i can do that, today's task is to reinstall linux, this time changing the partitioning ... i need to have one small partition (500Mb) that can be accessed by either windows or linux (the reason being that, as much as i had to admit it, i can't find a web page design program that i like as well as Dreamweaver). what file system should i choose? and how do i make it accessible by windows? === Most file systems can be accessed by Linux. vfat (a windows fs) can be mounted rw by linux and shouldn't pose any problems for your linux system. Merry christmas to you also, and enjoy your early gift ;-) Mike -- Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. -- George Bernard Shaw _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux
M$ products (win9x) will only be able to read fat, fat32, vfat, and on nt or 2000, ntfs Linux has no such hangups. On Sunday 23 December 2001 12:21, you wrote: Greetings Well, my xmas gift to myself -- a new laptop -- arrived via FedEx yesterday, and I've successfully created a dual boot with windows and linux ... now that i know i can do that, today's task is to reinstall linux, this time changing the partitioning ... i need to have one small partition (500Mb) that can be accessed by either windows or linux (the reason being that, as much as i had to admit it, i can't find a web page design program that i like as well as Dreamweaver). what file system should i choose? and how do i make it accessible by windows? thanks in advance for the help, and MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone ... kennM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux
Just use your windows partition for your Dreamweaver work. Linux will be able to read it there. Mandrake will automatically configure itself to access your windows partition at /mnt/windows derek On Sunday 23 December 2001 17:21, kenn yahoo wrote: Greetings Well, my xmas gift to myself -- a new laptop -- arrived via FedEx yesterday, and I've successfully created a dual boot with windows and linux ... now that i know i can do that, today's task is to reinstall linux, this time changing the partitioning ... i need to have one small partition (500Mb) that can be accessed by either windows or linux (the reason being that, as much as i had to admit it, i can't find a web page design program that i like as well as Dreamweaver). what file system should i choose? and how do i make it accessible by windows? thanks in advance for the help, and MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone ... kennM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux
Thanks so much, Mike ... as it turns out, everything was ALREADY configured exactly as you described, so the windows partition was already available, i just wasn't smart enough to know it ... i'm going back to study the manual some more :-) thanks again for your help. kennM - Original Message - From: Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 17:55:05 -0600 kenn yahoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration: thanks, derek, and you, too, mike and ed ... please excuse the newbieness of this question, but how do i mount the windows partition? i've read the man pages and info pages for the mount command but i still don't quite get it ... and how do i view what partitions are AVAILABLE for mounting? = Partitions available for mounting can be found in the file /etc/fstab. You can open that (even as an ordinary user) in just about any text editor, or in a terminal, just type cat /etc/fstab w/o the quotes. If there is not a line for your windows partition, you'll need to add one as root.. Something like: /dev/hdax /mnt/win98 vfat user,noauto 0 0 The x above represents the partition number of your windows drive (quite possibly hda1). You'll need to creat a directory in /mnt for windows, if it doesn't already exist. In a terminal, su to root, then type cd /mnt (w/o quotes)That should bring you to your /mnt directory. Now type mkdir win (or win98, or whatever). Once you've edited /etc/fstab, and added the appropriate directory to /mnt, the all you need do is type mount /mnt/win98 (or whatever you've called it). Type umount /mnt/win98 (w/o quotes as usual) to unmount the directory. See man mount for more help. HTH, Mike _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux
On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 20:22:38 -0600 kenn yahoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration: Thanks so much, Mike ... as it turns out, everything was ALREADY configured exactly as you described, so the windows partition was already available, i just wasn't smart enough to know it ... i'm going back to study the manual some more :-) thanks again for your help. = You're most welcome. And have a GREAT holiday!! Mike -- Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. -- George Bernard Shaw _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
