I still say the easiest solution is to create a FAT32 partition for your
shared files.
Mason
Linux: because a PC is a terrible thing to waste.
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From: michael hast <evylrobot19@cox.net>
Reply-To: slug@nks.net
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] dual boot
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:48:54 -0600
>>
>>
>>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.
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