sharing files between windows and linux?

[Alex]

in linux i can see all my windows partition files but cant modify them... in windows i cant see squat...

is there a way i can see linux parition files in wxp? its kinda hard to use both OSes simultaneously if i cant interchange files between them...

the only solution i found is using an ftp server to store files im working on remotely but that gets annoying...

 

[chsh1ca]

No, Windows has no support for the more common linux filesystems (or really, anything other than FAT, NTFS, and various ISO formats). What I would recommend is to just save your data directly to a Fat32 partition (you can't write NTFS under linux). And just keep that partition around for storing data on it when sharing between both OSes.

 

[civad]

Before we begin :

can you post the contents of your /etc/fstab file here?

Edit: There is a way to access linux partition from windows. Hence the question.

 

[Alex]

sure ill post next time i boot into linux prolly tonight or tomorrow

 

[skyking]

the only solution i found is using an ftp server to store files im working on remotely but that gets annoying...

FAT32 partitions are the answer, but if you do intend to run a second box as a fileserver, check out this thread about Samba 3.0 Link.

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: franguinho
is there a way i can see linux parition files in wxp?

If you're using EXT2/3 there's Ext2Fsd (doesn't look like it's too stable ATM though). Otherwise you're SOL.

I'd also recommend you use a FAT32 partition for storing files you'll want to be accessing from both Linux & Windows.

 

[Alex]

.. i guess ill just do a full backup and fresh format...

 

[cleverhandle]

As skyking suggested, Samba works great - and 2.x should work just as well in your case as 3.0. If you're going to have a machine to serve files, definitely make it a *nix box for the flexibility.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: franguinho
.. i guess ill just do a full backup and fresh format...

no spare disk space? at most you could delete the linux partitions, and give yourself some of the space as FAT32, no need to hose windows if its working...considering youll have plenty of chances to do it later 😛

 

[civad]

originally posted by: xcript
If you're using EXT2/3 there's Ext2Fsd (doesn't look like it's too stable ATM though). Otherwise you're SOL.

I didnt want to start shooting off before I found out what FS he used.. I also happened to remember only ext2fs, for accessing linux partition under windows 🙂

 

[peang]

I heard that Fat32 is limited to 40-50 gb (dunno for sure). How about if you have 120Gb? do u have to partition it like in windows?

 

[civad]

FAT32 = 32 GB max.
If you need FAT partitions for a 120 GB drive, you will need atleast 4 FAT32 partitions AFAIK

 

[cleverhandle]

Originally posted by: civad
FAT32 = 32 GB max.

No. That's just what 2K/XP's tools limit you to in order to encourage use of NTFS. The maximum theoretical size is 2 TB, though you'd have to have huge clusters to achieve that. Even so, volumes over 100 GB are reasonable if the situation forces it upon you.

 

[civad]

originally posted by: cleverhandle
That's just what 2K/XP's tools limit you to in order to encourage use of NTFS

I never thought of it this way. And mind you, I NEVER use Windows-based partition tools.

In fact, during my last repartition, I used cfdisk on my 120 GB drive (the other is a 30 gig NTFS with win2000), with 40 gig FAT32, and lo and behold! in win2000, the FAT partition under win2000 was detected as a 7 gig partition!! I didnt really need 2 win partitions, so now I use that space to store my mp3s. (reiserfs, btw)