On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 07:38, Matt Upton wrote: > Iâm installing Fedora Core 2 on a Dell emachines computer and want to > partition the hard drive for 2 operating systems (Linux Fedora Core 2 > and Windows XP). Now my processor is AMD64. My Windows partition is > of type NTFS, can I still read and write to Windows from Linux Fedora > Core 2 or do I have to change the Windows partition type, or should I > maybe make 3 partitions and re-install Windows XP in a different > partition type VFAT or something. > > Iâm using Partition Magic 8.0 to partition my hard drive and for the > dual boot. > > Please help, thanks, > > Matt Upton Matt: Working with NTFS is problematic at best RedHat has not supported it, so at the very least it means having to find solutions elsewhere, many (all?) solutions require a re-compile of your kernel, which will need to be done everytime you get a new kernel and also waiting for someone to provide the module to allow you to do it. Personally, I find it much better to shrink the NTFS, and get a good size FAT partition for both OS's to share, especially for things like mp3s which you will want to use from either OS. Scott
