On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 13:46 -0500, Phil M Perry wrote:
> Jim, Travis, and James...
> 
> Thank you for your replies. What I'm looking for is to have all my 
> Firefox and
> Thunderbird files in a shared FAT32 partition. 

I didn't have the opportunity to reply to your original post before I
deleted it. I run a dual-boot: Windows/ME and Fedora 7. I have a shared
FAT32 partition. I had Firefox and Thunderbird set up so I could access
a common configuration from Win/ME or Fedora. I used this setup to
access email and  Usenet newsgroups.

You inquired about war stories. Here are mine:

1. Mozilla Foundation no longer supports Windows/ME.

2. This summer, I changed ISPs when switching from dial-up to DSL. From
the Linux side, I tried to edit my Thunderbird profile to reflect this
change. This caused damage to my profile. I can no longer access email
from Linux Thunderbird. I can still access Usenet newsgroups. According
to Fedoraforum, this is a known problem with Fedora and a Bugzilla has
been submitted. The problem has remained unresolved by Fedora since the
summer.

I realize these war stories are not directly applicable to your
situation.

I learned how to set up my shared config by Googling, using terms like
"dual-boot". I found about five different approaches which seemed
inconsistent. I resolved my confusion via posts to a Mozillazine forum.

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