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Attn Aiyana: Drive problems by cokish 2007-04-06 01:54:59
Using fat32 as 'shared' drive between unix and windows is the best solution, both OSs can read/write it without problems.
(Although using fat32 for big partitions isn't optimal)

To make your linux partition visible in windows you need ext2/ext3 drivers for windows as windows default isn't able to see them.
But I would not recommend this, because then windows can mess with your linux installation! (And I never tested this).

So now the problem for ubuntu to see the winxp drives:
First you say you have "20GB worth of programs you want to use"
You do realize that windows programs do NOT work under Linux.
You need special emulation or virtual machine software which typically do not work for the application you want to work it with. And it is a MESS to install+configure them.
Don't go there, forget about your winxp programs (just boot winxp if you want to use them)!

Now for the data.
I don not know ubuntu (yet) but first check whether you can mount ntfs partitions.
As root (login as "root") perform the following command:

mount /dev/hda1 /mnt

If this works then you can read NTFS drives under linux
but
only as user 'root'.

To really make your drives readable by a 'normal' user you need to do some configuration in your "/etc/fstab" file, but I do not
know whether ubuntu has some nice graphical edit tool.
(/etc/fstab holds the information about your drives)

Maybe this helps a little bit.
Let me know if you can mount & read your winxp partition as root and then call some Ubuntu hacker. :-).



[ Reply ]
  wow your info is very out of date by Freakazoid2007-04-06 02:24:07
    first stable version of ntfs-3g is 21-feb-2007 by cokish2007-04-06 04:45:15
      that reasoning makes *no* sense whatsoever by Freakazoid2007-04-06 04:57:27
        Um, sure it does. by hobbs2007-04-06 10:47:50
          Thanks will give those a try by Aiyana2007-04-07 04:42:51
      also: try looking at the page by Freakazoid2007-04-06 05:01:13

 

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