Re: read only

From: Noi (noi_at_siam.com)
Date: 01/17/04 

Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:47:17 GMT

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:07:42 +0000, Bit Twister thoughtfully wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:59:39 GMT, The_egg_Man@sulpher.com wrote:
>> i have linux mandrake 9.2, 2 hard drives, linux is on the second hd . I
>> have winXP on my first hd. How come i can't write to this drive???
>
> Micro$not does not want to release the directory structure details
> because they cannot stand competition.
>
> Writing to NTFS is not supported and could wipe out your XP system.
> If you want to send files to XP, create a fat32 logical disk.

Yeah, great idea. I finally came to that conclusion. I just completed
making a separate 28Gb Fat32 partition that contains all folders I use
between XP and FC1 on the same machine and it's also shareable on my lan
with either nfs or smb. Reduces duplication. I could have gone for a
smaller sized partition but hey? 

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