>>
>>
>> Hey, everybody!
>>
>> Last night, I completed my first dual-boot installation! When I
>> had asked about it before, the answer has basically been, oh, it's
>> easy. Well, I'm here to tell you that the first time setting up a
>> dual-boot XP/Debian is not easy. It will be a whole lot easier next
>> time, that's for sure! This computer that I worked on all day
>> yesterday is my brother's. He needs some M$ Office stuff, but still
>> wants Linux. So, I decided to just figure out how to do it. One
>> thing that I have noticed, though, is that I cannot see one
>> filesystem with the other one. This concerns me since that was part
>> of the point of setting it up as a dual-boot is so that he could play
>> with documents on either side of the coin and still save them in the
>> same place. How do I do this? Am I destine to reinstall again, or
>> can I simply slip another carefully formatted partition in
>> somewhere? Any and all help welcome. Thank you!
>>
>> --
>> --Michael Hast (the evyl robot)
>> I'm not picking my nose. I'm pulling things out of it.
>>
>
> When setting up a dual boot environment it's best to install Windows
> first. For sharing documents between Windows & Linux, create a FAT32
> filesystem that can be accessed from both. You can use either the
> Windows bootloader or grub on the MBR. Using the Windows bootloader is
> a little more complicated to set up but will make it easier if one
> wants to ditch Linux but leave Windows at a later point in time.
>
> -Jonathon
>
>
Okay. What I've got right now is two partitions. I have a ~5GB
partition that has Debian on it. I have a ~20GB FAT32 partition that
has XP Pro on it. I've got the M$ boot manager feeding to either XP or
Debian. Either OS works fine on its own. The problem is, I can't
figure out how to share files between. Should I not be able to read and
write to the Windows partition from Debian, or will I need another FAT32
partition for that? If so, I'm sure I could split that 20GB in half,
and set up another partiion that would serve the purpose. Since it's a
brand new install on both, it shouldn't be a problem. I'm just trying
to figure out what I need to do to make it happen.
-- --Michael Hast (the evyl robot) I'm not picking my nose. I'm pulling things out of it.----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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