On Monday 18 April 2005 11:25, Eben King wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, jeff wrote:
> > On Monday 18 April 2005 9:03, Jesse Broecker wrote:
> > > Hi I am new to SLUG and Linux, I've been learning linux off and on for
> > > the last coule months. I run a duel boot machine with Windows XP Pro
> > > and Red Had Fedora Core. One of my biggest stumbling blocks is the
> > > inability to acess the files on my windows drive. I've heard there is
> > > a way to mount NTFS drives/partitions but haven't found anything that
> > > works so far. Can anyone help?
> >
> > You will need to have NTFS support compiled into the kernel (if it isn't
> > already). You will then have read ability for NTFS. Writing to NTFS is
> > still considered risky. If you need to swap data between FC and XP, a
> > safer method is to make a VFAT partition for that purpose. Both OS's can
> > then read/write to that partition safely.
>
> But _not_ at the same time, unless >1 of them goes through some network
> file-sharing program to get there.
I figured that since he dual boots and wants to share/swap data between XP and
Fedora, then a VFAT partition for that purpose should be self explanatory. On
the other hand, if he has the ability to run both operating systems at the
same time, I want a computer just like his too. :)
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