> Here is an example I always used as a start point in this type of project. > > http://campbellcentral.org/rick/code/setup.html > > Generally, I would store the datafiles on an NTFS partition - it seems > easier to reach NTFS from Linux then vice-versa. Bill, Your example mounts NTFS as read-only. Is it possible to mount NTFS as read-write ? Have you used Posgres on Linux writing to a Postgres/XP cluster residing on a NTFS file system ? Are Postgres Linux and XP database formats binary compatible ? My db cluster uses Windows specific locale setting. How Postgres on Linux interpets this setting ? Andrus.