Hey Manoj; Well if you have to keep booting back and forth just to move a file, it just shows bad planning. I have set up business clients this way, they are told to use the fat332 partition for work used across both op systems, and they actually do just that ! (i.e. No problems.)
Bob On Thursday 21 August 2003 01:04 am, Manoj Joseph wrote: > Hi Bob, > > > I have always taken care of this by creating a separate fat32 partition > > for > > > file sharing across the two systems. I then can move the relevant "My > > Docs" > > > (et al) to this "d:" partition easily enough. As long as we are talking > > about > > > a non-journaling filesystem, I can't see much of a *practical" difference > > between this and your proposal. The advantage is that you add no > > additional > > > software and it *will* work. > > I disagree with you Bob. If you have used a dual-boot system - continued to > use > both Windows and Linux - you would see that you need to access files in a > non-accessible partition ever so often. > So, you re-boot into the other os, copy the file to a fat32 partition and > re-boot again. > > I have done this *many* times. I think there is a *practical* need - for > some > users. > > Regards, > Manoj > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of w9ya > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Cooker] Software submission for the Mandrake distribution > > > Hey Manoj: > > I have always taken care of this by creating a separate fat32 partition for > file sharing across the two systems. I then can move the relevant "My Docs" > (et al) to this "d:" partition easily enough. As long as we are talking > about > a non-journaling filesystem, I can't see much of a *practical" difference > between this and your proposal. The advantage is that you add no additional > software and it *will* work. > > Bob Finch > w9ya > > On Wednesday 20 August 2003 09:53 am, Michael Lothian wrote: > > Hi > > > > I've already used this tool in XP (using the compatibility wizard) of > > course it didn't work to wellbut that's microsoft's compatibility wizard > > for you. > > > > I personally think it would be a great idea to include it on the > > mandrake cd as it makes life easier for people using duel boot. And > > personally I hate using FAT partitions just for transfering files. > > > > It would be great if you extended it onto all versions of Windows and > > even more partition formats not just the Ext ones. > > > > Well that's my 2 pennies worth > > > > Mike ;-) > > > > Manoj Joseph wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > >I have a piece of software that I would like to submit for > > >consideration for inclusion in the Mandrake distribution. > > >I wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was directed to make a > > >presentation in this forum. > > > > > >The software is an ext2 file system driver for Windows NT 4.0. > > >URL : http://winext2fsd.sourceforge.net > > > > > >What does this software do? > > >--------------------------- > > >- This software is a file system driver - for Windows NT > > >- It facilitates access to ext2 partitions from Windows NT by > > > *any* windows application. > > >- The drive can be accessed just like a native (fat/ntfs) > > > partition - through the regular windows APIs. > > >- The partitions show up as regular drives - E:, F: etc. > > >- The user does not 'see' the fat and the ext2 partitions as > > > 'different'. > > >- Functionality-wise, this driver is similar to the FAT FS > > > driver that ships with windows. > > > > > >Note: This is not a user mode program like the ext2 explorer > > > utilities out there which permit users to copy files to and > > > from ext2 partitions. > > > > > >Who would need it? > > >------------------ > > >- This driver's primary target would be (WinNT+Linux) dual-boot > > > systems. > > >- *Lots* of home user installations are dual-boot. Very often > > > WinNT+Linux. Like mine. ;) > > >- Very useful to a Windows NT user who is shifting to Linux... > > > > > >Why include a Windows Utility with Linux?? > > >------------------------------------------ > > >- I think of this as a 'migration' utility rather than a > > > _Windows Utility_. > > >- Just as support for fat and ntfs(?) in Linux makes a dual-boot > > > worth trying, the reverse (support for ext2 in NT) does make > > > sense especially in the context of a dual boot system and a > > > user transitioning from Windows to Linux. > > > > > >Is this Windows NT only? > > >------------------------ > > >This driver presently works for Windows NT 4.0. > > >If there is a demand, I could extend it to Windows 2000/XP/2003 > > > and Ext3... > > > > > >Do you guys out there see any sense in my reasoning? > > >Please feel free to comment. > > >I would be glad to answer any questions you might have. > > > > > >Thanks a lot for your time! > > > > > >Regards, > > >Manoj
