Which Partitions Can Be Share Between Linux, Unix & Windows - Linux Setup, Configuration & Administration

[Brian]

I am planning to set-up my computer with Windows XP, Red hat 9,
Mandrake 9 and FreeBSD.
Which partitions can be share between them? So far I've figured that I
can share the /swap and /home between the Linux/BSD. What other
partitions can be shared?
Does Linux read and write FAT32? And if so, can I make my /home
partition FAT32 and share it between Linux and Windows?
Any help would be appreciated.

[Bit]

On 18 Oct 2003 15:44:48 -0700, Brian wrote: 
 

Maybe /tmp if disk space is a little tight.
 

Yes and Mandrake can read NTFS out of the box.
 

I would vote no.
If you want, find a doze utility to read/write ext2 and ext3.

[Bit]

On 18 Oct 2003 15:44:48 -0700, Brian wrote: 
 

Maybe /tmp if disk space is a little tight.
 

Yes and Mandrake can read NTFS out of the box.
 

I would vote no.
If you want, find a doze utility to read/write ext2 and ext3.

[Brian]

Bit Twister <localdomain> wrote in message news:<home>... 
> 
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> Maybe /tmp if disk space is a little tight.
> 
>
> Yes and Mandrake can read NTFS out of the box.
> 
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> I would vote no.[/ref]
What I ment by share was to access it. Possible use it for the "My
Doents" and "Home" folder. If not just to have someplace to access
files in both systems. 

[Juha]

In article <google.com>, Brian wrote: 
news:<home>... 
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>> I would vote no.[/ref]
> What I ment by share was to access it. Possible use it for the "My
> Doents" and "Home" folder. If not just to have someplace to access
> files in both systems.[/ref]

You cannot have a FAT32 home directory because FAT does not understand
permissions. Linux install programs won't mount /home on FAT. You could
try moving it later but I'm pretty sure the system wouldn't even let you
login, certainly not into X.

Of course, you can make a FAT32 partition and put your data there. Then
just link your Windows "My Doents" there, and link it to something like
/home/brian/mydocs in Linux.

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Juha Siltala
http://www.edu.helsinki.fi/activity/people/jsiltala/