----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Cunningham" <billcu2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 7:19 PM
Subject: directfb
> The "best" way to set up dual boot XP/Linux at the moment is with
>> 3 partitions: one with ntfs, one with fat32 for exchanging files and
>> one with ext3 or whatever filesystem you want to use with Linux.
>> Reading and writing to ntfs is currently still a problem for Linux. It
>> is getting better but in the mean time it is better to use a common
>> fat32 partition if you want access from both operation systems.
>> This glosses over swap partition process. In the near future Linux
>> will be able to reliably read from and write to ntfs filesystems but
>> until then an intermediary is needed (fat32 with its' 4G file size.)
>>
>> later,
>> charles.....
>
> What can I put in the fat32 partition? I have win98se but my computer
> is
> so new I run into a lot of problems. I have DOS 6.21 on 3.5" floppies but
> my
> coputer has no floppy drive. My xp version came with my computer and it's
> a
> strange distro. I don't see an xp bootloader that gives me an option to
> load
> two different OSs. I can get grub into the MBR.
>
> Bill
Whoa! Sorry wrong post to wrong group.
Bill
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