Ubuntu and Vista

[Gamingphreek]

I have been running Ubuntu and Vista for quite some time now.

What is the recommended method to share files between the two OS's. For instance, I want my documents and music and pictures to be accessible to both.

Would creating a small FAT32 partition to jam in between the EXT3 and NTFS partitions be practical or is there a better way?

(Yes, I know the best way is to just go Ubuntu, but due to ridiculous College classes, sometimes I just need a Windows install just in case)

-Kevin

 

[richwenzel]

i would go to the ubuntu forums, i have seen people suggest ntfs though over fat32.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Originally posted by: richwenzel
i would go to the ubuntu forums, i have seen people suggest ntfs though over fat32.

Hmm well I made a 10GB FAT32 partition. I thought small partitions (<15GB) were better with FAT32.

I know Ubuntu can read NTFS, but are you sure it can write to it (I honestly forget)?

-Kevin

 

[Nothinman]

I know a number of people that trust NTFS-3g to write to their NTFS partitions.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

It can write to it, but the option in the fstab might be set to read-only. Edit your FSTAB and if it says RO, change that to RW or whatever it is.

 

[Gamingphreek]

So should I upgrade it to NTFS from FAT32? At 10GB in size, is it worth it at all?

 

[ViRGE]

Is it worth it? Sure. Even at 10GB in size, if you need to unpack a very large file (ISO or such) you'll need something better than FAT32. Making the change on such a small partition should be very quick and easy.

 

[sourceninja]

I've always used ntfs (well after the release of ntfs-3g). It works great. However, if you are just using windows for some programs the school requires, and those are not 3d applications, just install virtualbox, windows xp, and use seamless mode. It really is quite amazing to have a windows taskbar on your screen and run windows apps seamlessly with your linux apps.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Well, I don't really have time right now, but I do have a few games on Windows that I will use occasionally.

One quick question - I have a large (11.4MB) wallpaper (Picture of an F22 taken from the af.mil website in extremely high res). Should I resize it to my desktop size and use the smaller file (As in, is there a performance hit for using such a ridiculously large file?)

-Kevin

 

[Brainonska511]

I have my setup as:

~24GB for XP SP3; ~15GB for Ubuntu Install; ~60GB for /home and shared files; and ~1.5GB swap.

My /home partition is formated in ext3 and I installed the ext2/3 driver for XP so I can read/write to that folder in XP.