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

[Michael Mol]

Did you know you can use some Windows network drivers in Linux?

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On 7/21/06, Jorge La <weeneedhelp at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm.. Never thought about getting Ext3 drivers for windows.. :) I guess I'm
> gonna .... reformat sometime soon :-/ >_<
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> well i need the XP because im using a wireless USB device, and I cant seem
> to get the OS X or Linux drivers to work for it. LOL. I wanna get a wireless
> bridge or something sooonnn....
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> On 7/21/06, Justin Denick <justin.denick at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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
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> 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?
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> 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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