I am trying to set up a dual-boot with WinXP(Pro) on the first drive and Linux (Fedora Core 2) on the second drive. I have no problem getting them to both install correctly, and have no problems botting into either. My only issue is I can't seem to get them to talk to each other. Is this normal? I'm not real worried about inter-operability from Linux to WinXP, but I would like to be able to access, and maybe copy/view files from my XP-Drive onto my Linux drive....is this possible? I have read else where that there are issues as far as the file formats (nfts/fat32) but when i boot into Fedora I cant go into my XP configuration....did i do something wrong?

Uhh, unless you specified it as FAT32, Windows XP is running on NTFS 5.1. All you have to do is mount the drive like:

mkdir /mnt/windows
mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

You cannot write to ntfs. You can only read. If fat32, then you can read and write. That's about it.

ow..just to complete that... windowze won't see Linux.. no matter what you do

When I try those commands I get the following error:

"mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel"

Then fedora core 2 disabled the kernel module for ntfs. I heard about that before, and I guess you found it. You just gonna enable it under filesystems and recompile the kernel. Although a newb should recompile without a bit of preparation beforehand.

well.. the only thing you can do is to compile another kernel and to add the filesystem support. look in my syggy for the tutorial in compiling..

Awesome, I'll check it out and keep you posted.