Ok, I have system that dual boots Gentoo and Windows 2000. I have software that will capture video, but my video card hardware is only supported in Windows 2000. I do all my video editing and DVD mastering in Gentoo.

I have bought a 160Gb harddrive in order to transfer old home movies from VHS to my computer and then to DVD. I want to be able to format the entire 160Gb drive with a filesystem that will be both readable and writable from both Windows 2000 and Gentoo.

How do I do it?

I usually use ReiserFS for Linux, but Windows 2000 can't access Reiser. Windows 2000 uses NTFS, but Linux can't write to it, and I need to. FAT32 can't make partitions that are nearly big enough (averaging around 50Gb files here for one tape)

Are there any other alternatives out there that will meet my requirements?

Thanks!

ext2 and 3 can be read from windows i do believe, not sure on ext2's partition size though.

You can read NTFS from Linux but write support is not fully supported(I've heard people are successful, but I am not confident in using it myself) But there are programs like explore2fs and Total Commander that can read ext*fs linux partitions. So, by a combination of the programs for windows and the read support of linux you can have a successful swapping system.

By the way, microsoft says that Fat32 partitions can only be 32 gb or smaller, but I know this to be false, as I have one single Fat32 partition that is 189gb in size. The only drawback (in relation to sizing) is that it's maximum file size is 4gb, which is much too small to be useful to you. I find it an inconvenience that I will have to find a way around as well. I cannot store DVD images or other large files on my largest drive.

Well I hope this information is useful to you.

Good Luck

Yeah, I know there are tools to read ext2fs in Windows, but I need WinDV or VirtualDub to be able to write to it and then I need to be able to edit it (read and write) in Linux... looks like I'm stuck...

Well i have a solution for you.

It involves doing your recording with WinDV/VirtualDub in NTFS and keeping it there, then booting into linux and copy the file from the NTFS partition to the linux partition to edit it and if you need to store it on your NTFS partition, just boot back into windows and copy it from the linux partition using the tools as described.

Maybe that would work?