On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 21:14 +0100, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > > still need W2K for certain jobs, although I hope that the number of such > > jobs will approach zero as time goes by. > > > > Thanks. -Loren > > Hi Loren, > > Sure, but do you ned to look into the actual programme files? All your data > (atually for that matter you whole XP) can be on a fat32 partition. Linux has > full read and write ability for that. That's what I have. > > Xp -> happy and running on an NTFS partition > files/ junk/ personal stuff -> happy and humming on a fat32 partition > FC3 -> blazing off in glory on an ext3 partition > > Duncan > Good idea, Duncan. Actually I do have a spare partition which I could use exactly in that way. The only real reason I am using NTFS under W2K is that it is apparently more stable than FAT32. I have had BIG problems with FAT32 in the past (under W98SE). Another possibility would have been to burn a CD under W2K with all the files I need and then read it under FC3. That works, but since I use Spanish, with accented vowels, in numerous file names, I get very ugly results under FC3. By hand-editing (one file at a time) I can correct it all, but it takes too much time. I think I'll try your suggestion. Loren
