On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:32:33 -0000, Irving, Dave <Dave.Irving@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sunday I managed to get my new laptop dual-booted with Fedora 3 and > XP. > Something I've found very quickly is that I'd like to be able to share > files between the two. I've got CD writer on my laptop, so I guess two > easy options are: > - use CD > - get a memory stick > > However, Im wondering if its possible to create a partition which can be > mounted by both XP and Linux. Is this possible / easy? Hey, Create one fat parition in your windows Xp and from the linux you can put the files.Like suppose u have one partition fat d:\ in windows xp. You can mount that partition in linux like this mount -t vfat /dev/hda2 /mnt/win but u need to know where is ur fat partition is residing in this example i have taken /dev/hda 2. You can use fdisk -l /dev/hda (if this is ur primary hdd ) for primary slave /dev/hdb for secondary master /dev/hdc for secondary slave /de/hdd These entries are for ide hard disks. then you will see after giving fdisk -l /dev/hd? at the command prompt (press m for help) press p you will all the partition of this hard drive find the hard drive on which your fat partition resides. you see the command mount -t vfat /dev/hda2 /mnt/win make sure what ever mount point your giving for /dev/hda should exist in this win folder or directory under /mnt should exist. For permanent entry in the /etc/fstab so that you need to manually mount the partition do this /dev/hd? /mnt/win vfat defaults 0 0 replace ? with a b c or d and 1 or 2 or 3 like hda1 or 2 Please don't mount any ntfs partition for writing ,as it is dangerous doing that can crash ur linux or windows. Regards Ankush > This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
