sharing data between windows and linux

cornfed · 05-22-2004, 04:58 AM

I am dual-booting with windowsXP and linux and want to know how to share data between the two. I have unallocated free space and I remember reading somewhere that certain partitions are recognized by both OS's. I know all about creating and using partitions, I just need to know how to get both OS's to have access to a shared partition.

Thanks in advance.

ps. XP is on NFTS

oops. this was supposed to be posted in general. but I am on a laptop

phase9 · 05-22-2004, 05:25 AM

Hi

All current linux distros should have read/write access to vfat partions and read access to ntfs partitions.
Just create the new partion and format it with the vfat filesystem. You should then be able to access it from both OS.

Then create the appropriate mount points (e.g: /windows/win_vfat) and add a line like below to /etc/fstab (replace /dev/hdxy with the correct device):

/dev/hdxy /windows/win_vfat vfat auto,users,umask=022 0 0
/dev/hdxy /windows/win_xp ntfs ro,noauto,users 0 0