DPRG mailing list archives: [DPRG] Fwd: OT

Sun Apr 27 12:49:32 CDT 2008

Jeff Koenig wrote:
> Oops, I hit "send" accidentally.
>
>
> I'd like to configure my PC to dual-boot with either Ubuntu Linux or
> Windows.  I set a separate partition on the primary drive before I
> installed Windows XP.
>
> I've done this before, with both installs on the same hard drive.  (I
> also did it, years ago, in a flakey way that involved two identical
> hard drives).
>
> The way I'd like to do it this time around is to have Windows and
> Ubuntu on the boot hard drive, then have all of my data on a separate
> hard drive.  My thinking is that each operating system will be able to
> access the other hard drive.
>
> I have the second hard drive formatted NTFS presently.  I don't know
> how stable Ubuntu is with NTFS.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1. Does my plan make any sense?
>
> and
>
> 2. Would FAT32 formatting be better for a drive that will be
> read/written by Windows and Linux?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
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Jeff,
  I am no Linux expert but you should have no problem with your setup. I 
still use fat32 for shared hdd but ntfs is supposedly stable with 
read-write now. If you want to read EXT2 and EXT3 in Windows you can 
install EX2fs: http://www.fs-driver.org/  and it shows up in your 
windows file system.
  If you use Thunderbird for mail, a neat trick is to share the same 
folders with your Linux and Windows installations.
  Hope this helps.

Bradley