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Shared Partition - Format???
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Shared Partition - Format???
I have just started using SUSE Linux 10.1 and I want to be able to share all my Multimedia, Work and my Website between Linux and XP Pro.
My PC currently has 120GB IDE HD - 80GB NTFS for Windows - 40GB ext3 partition for Linux My idea is to get a new 300 GB SATA disk to put all my shared stuff on as I trust SATA more than IDE however I do not know what format to use, I have read that Linux can be unreliable when writing to NTFS, however FAT32 restricts the maximum file size to 4GB which isn't enough for DVD Images, I do not know if Windows can recognise any other file system?? Thanks in advance, Phil |
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Use ext2 filesystem and install an ext2 driver for Windows. I use this one: http://www.fs-driver.org/
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apparently, your environment is Dual Boot, so the above is your solution.
if you had two/more systems, you would just enable SAMBA an let the native system handle it all. |
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Thanks Nodsu!
I have ordered the new HD and it should be here in a couple of weeks (I skimped on delivery). |
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