[GRLUG] possable to make /home/ fat32? :?

[Justin Denick]

Why not just use a shared file system, that both Windows and Linux have
access to, but neither really need it for anything but storage.

/dev/hda1   ext3    /     deafaults   0 1
/dev/hda2   ext3    /home   defaults   0 0
/dev/hda3   ntfs     /WIN   defaults  0 0
/dev/hda4   fat32   /WIN/stuff gid= uid=,rw  0 0
/dev/hda5   none   swap   sw   0 0
proc           none   proc    defaults

Having windows and linux use the same homedir would seem a bit bulky.
Windows would see all of you hidden linux files which would look a bit
messy. Also, you run the risk of Windows corrupting your linux files.

Why do you need windows again?

On 7/21/06, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes and no.  If you're running an old enough kernel (pre 2.6.11), you
> can use UMSDOS, which uses a special file on the FAT32 filesystem  to
> store data required to implement a UNIX-like filesystem.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMSDOS
>
> If you're going to dual-boot with Windows XP, I *strongly* recommend
> using NTFS for your primary Windows partition.  NTFS is a much, much,
> much better filesystem that FAT32.  You can configure any recent Linux
> kernel to read NTFS partitions.
>
> If you're looking to share your home directory with your Windows
> install, look up Windows ext2 and ext3 drivers.  Be careful, though.
> Some of the free ones are unstable.  While I haven't *lost* data, the
> driver I tried did cause intermittant problems with Windows. ( I don't
> remember which driver I tried, sorry.)  If you're willing to shell out
> a few bucks, there are commercial ext2 and ext3 drivers out there.
> (Complete with the "no liability" clause in their licenses, no doubt.)
>
> In any case, move away from FAT32 if you can.  You'll be surprised how
> nice it is to be able to create files larger than 2GB, and to not have
> to have chkdisk run every time Windows locks up or loses power.
>
> On 7/20/06, Jorge La <weeneedhelp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was talking to my Calc teacher one day. He used to teach C++ under
> linux
> > back in the late 90's when their was no GUI, and i brought my laptop to
> > school that day to show him Linux in 2006, I also gave him a Ubuntu 5
> > live+install CD. and i told him that you can partition like this:
> >
> > hda1= / =linux native
> > hdb2= /windows/ =fat32
> > hdb3= /home/ = fat32
> >
> > because, the night before, i had a great idea! if u made the home
> directory
> > fat32, you can view your pics n w/e on windows! :o
> >
> >  ... well... after telling him that, i actully tried it, n it doesn't
> seem
> > to work, well, X doesn't seem to work very well when you try to log in
> :-/
> > but the cmd works fine. :-/
> >
> > does anyone know if this is possable? or how to fix the errors?
> >
> > my HDD currently looks like this:
> >
> > hda1= Win XP (fat32)
> > hda2= ext3 (for SuSE)
> > hda3=  Jorge (fat32, this is were i keep crap)
> > hda4= swap
> >
> > hdb1= OS X (hfs+)
> > hdb2= PC-BSD
> > hdb3= fat 32 (more crap storrange)
> > hdb4 = "" ""
> >
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