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Re: Compatibility between Linux/Windows filesystems?
gaikokujinkyofu...@gmail.com wrote:
> I was thinking about setting up my notebook to run linux and
> windows (xp at the moment) but was thinking about
> filesystems. The last time i
> installed linux (few years ago) the only real option was linux
> reading/ writing a fat32 partition and read only for linux reading > an NTFS and no options for windows reading linux anything.
> Since then i have seen a few drivers etc that i think (havn't paid > too much attention to them) would let linux r/w to NFTS and
> would let win read/write to a b linux fs (can't remember which
> linux fs, probably ext2/3).
>
> My question is, which is the most robust? I would like to setup
> my computer with 3 partitions 1 for each operating system and > then a large common partition for each OS to share. For the
> common partition i want to use a FS that can most reliably be > r/w from/to by both operating systems. Any suggestions or
> better yes pointing me to any
> documentation/articles/comparisons (which i can't find many of > so far)
> would *really* be appreciated!
>
> Cheers
> -Gaiko
I made win2000 on first with only 2.5 gigs, then a linux at 3.5 gigs
then the rest as home @ 50 gigs? with an ext2 filesystem.
With http://www.fs-driver.org/ I can access the ext2 home folder from
windows as a drive. I can access all windows files on the ext2
filesystem/drive and read write and run them from windows.
Linux will access 'home' files sitting alongside the windows files.
Great program.
gaikokujinkyofu...@gmail.com wrote:
> I was thinking about setting up my notebook to run linux and
> windows (xp at the moment) but was thinking about
> filesystems. The last time i
> installed linux (few years ago) the only real option was linux
> reading/ writing a fat32 partition and read only for linux reading > an NTFS and no options for windows reading linux anything.
> Since then i have seen a few drivers etc that i think (havn't paid > too much attention to them) would let linux r/w to NFTS and
> would let win read/write to a b linux fs (can't remember which
> linux fs, probably ext2/3).
>
> My question is, which is the most robust? I would like to setup
> my computer with 3 partitions 1 for each operating system and > then a large common partition for each OS to share. For the
> common partition i want to use a FS that can most reliably be > r/w from/to by both operating systems. Any suggestions or
> better yes pointing me to any
> documentation/articles/comparisons (which i can't find many of > so far)
> would *really* be appreciated!
>
> Cheers
> -Gaiko
I made win2000 on first with only 2.5 gigs, then a linux at 3.5 gigs
then the rest as home @ 50 gigs? with an ext2 filesystem.
With http://www.fs-driver.org/ I can access the ext2 home folder from
windows as a drive. I can access all windows files on the ext2
filesystem/drive and read write and run them from windows.
Linux will access 'home' files sitting alongside the windows files.
Great program.