Summary: Linux and Windows can both read and write FAT32. You won't care about reading your Linux OS files in Windows. Put your personal files on the FAT32 par...
Summary: For Windows XP, you probably want to use NTFS (which Linux can only BUT not write to right now) or FAT32 if you want to write to it from Linux!!! And...
Summary: I just checked Windows 98's Fdisk, and it says C:\ is already active... And for some reason, the only other partition is shows is D:\ (also FAT32). Fo...
Summary: In order to mount files from win9x file systems from another partition do this in linuxRH7.2: fdisk -l /dev/hd? all partitions with "win95" can be mou...
Summary: I am running Mandrake 8.2 and Win XP pro (with NTFS). I can mount the ntfs in linux with the following line: /dev/hda1 /mnt/ntfs ntfs defaults 0 0 Th...
Summary: Linux and Win XP work happily together. Partition magic is a good program to use as it is very easy and straight forward for creating partition . Once...
Summary: Hi, I've tried to install r-h 8 either trough cd boot or floppy using boot.img, but the result is always the same: it starts the boot routine, proceed...
Summary: When using the Live eval of suse 8.1 it did not have read support for NTFS. So its likely that the release also dosent have NTFS read suport. Time to ...
Summary: Just install Windows XP first using Fat 32 and not NTFS. After that go into your normal Redhat 7.2 install. You can either use grub or lilo. Which eve...
Summary: Hello "can it be partitioned so I have a dual boot system?" yes it can be. you should install one of linux boot loader grub or lilo on MBR. now on m...
Summary: Hi, I was irritated that my new laptop does not have a partitioning tool. In addition, w2k takes the entire single partition. 1. can I use any older p...
Summary: FAT32: Yes, apparently it is possible. FAT: Never heard of doing this. I would assume it is possible though. NTFS: No, Linux does not have write suppo...
Summary: I've had a look at the latest 2.6-test7 kernel and they seem to have taken out the "(EXPERIMENTAL)" bit from alongside the NTFS write support....wh...
Summary: How did you format your XP partition? If it is in FAT you are in luck as linux can read and write to FAT with no problems. If it is in NTFS, linux ...
Summary: You made a good choice. Let's answer the second question first. Both systems, W2K and RH9, have no problems to use a FAT32 filesystem, however, Windo...
Summary: Hi All, I need to take scheduled backup of a folder from a system(Win-XP/NTFS) to Linux(RHEL5) on daily and weekly basis. I had done this from linux t...
Summary: This one has been addressed several way. The method I like (Thanks to this board) as follows You can dual boot XP on NTFS and Linux. 1 XP NTFS 2 Lin...
Summary: You should be all set, but let me offer some advice: Windows2000 will only read FAT and NTFS partitions. Linux will mount to just about any partition...
Summary: You can dual boot W2k/XP on NTFS and Linux. I have a pentium II 266 dual booting W2k and Linux, no problem. You'll need a bios that supports LBA ( mo...
Summary: If your BIOS is up to date, are not going over 4 TB don't worry. Just be sure to create a bootdisk just in case you have to change from linear mode to...
Summary: You really need at least two partitions for linux, root and swap. You may also want to either create another FAT partition for sharing files with X...
Summary: Audiophile is so right. I've been on the reciving end of PQboot and Bootmagic and I wouldn't recommend them... What you should have done is edit your...
Summary: Have you ever sat at your laptop at 3am, looked at a mysterious low level boot loader prompt and think: "Oh no, did I just fsck up (in a bad way) my e...
Summary: sammol is right regarding automount. To mount your NTFS partition at boot, add: /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs defaults,ro 0 0 This should mount i...
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