Re: [SLE] Getting Windows to be as intelligent as Linux - mounting partitions

From: CorvusE (lists_at_pjsattic.com)
Date: 08/20/05

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Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 13:19:35 -0600

    On Saturday 20 August 2005 11:08 am, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
    > One of the biggest things I like about Linux and its community:
    > 1. Linux reads Windows partitions while not vice versa

    There are multiple utilities that will allow you to read Linux partitions from
    within Windows. Admittedly, many of them are provided by the Linux
    community.

    > 2. Linux boots Windows partitions while not vice versa

    Untrue. By editing the boot.ini file and performing a trick or two, you can
    get Windows boot loader to point to a Linux partition.

    > 3. Linux reads Windows file formats while not vice versa

    I'm uncertain what you mean by this. I have Windows versions of open source
    application installed on my Windows partition and they read files off of my
    network, ReiserFS, samba-shared, drives without issue.

    > 4. Linux knows Windows, while not vice versaa.

    I'm unsure what this means.

    Now, to the actual question from your post. You can use Windows XP's drive
    manager to swap around drive letters for your non-primary partitions. It's a
    part of Computer Management under the Admin tools. You'll need to move the
    first incorrectly labeled partition out of the way first and click through a
    warning about apps relying on drive letters for every change. I'm not saying
    it's elegant, but it can be done. 

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