Re: Linux, Vista dual boot



On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 19:54 -0400, Mike Burger wrote:
Last I checked, NTFS support in the Linux kernel was, basically, read
only...how do you share the data partition so easily?

The abboive uis not true. Just install ntfs-3g and a ntfs file system
can be mounted-read write.
Jim wrote:
Can Fedora Linux be setup to dual boot with Vista as easy as XP, what
filesystem type does Vista use ??


Vista uses NTFS of some description. I have a Vista/F8 dual boot which
uses a shared NTFS partition for data quite happily.

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