Eric Evans said: > Hi folks, > > On a dual-OS PC that has both Windows and RH Linux, what's the best way > to transfer files from the Windows side to the Linux side or vice > versa? I thought I heard somewhere that if you create a third > partition that is FAT, that you could access that partition from either > the Windows and Linux partitions, so you could use this third partition > as a way to transfer files back and forth. Is there any truth to this? > If so, how do you go about accessing this FAT partition from Linux? Wow. I have a dual-boot computer at home, but I don't think I've accessed the Winderz side since I built the box back in January 2003. Having said that, yes, a FAT32 partition is the way to go. Linux can read FAT but not NTFS, and Windows can read FAT but not ext3. Personally, since I have two separate computers at home (a WinXP laptop and a RH8 desktop), I stopped doing this months ago. Instead I have a CVS repository of all of my datafiles on a third computer in my house, and I just work off of that, updating the files on my laptop with cvs update through Cygwin when I need to work on them, and on my desktop with cvs update when I use that computer. Of course I have to remember to commit and add and all that, but all in all it's turned out to be a great solution for me. Sláinte, Richard S. Crawford (AIM: Buffalo2K) http://www.mossroot.com http://www.stonegoose.com/catseyeview "I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group. They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them." --Michael Moore -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
