>> The big problem (that requires me to dual boot) >> is that all my email, Firefox configuration and stuff, etc. are still on >> the Win >> side, on an NTFS partition. Is the NTFS support in 7.10 good enough to >> confidently mount that partition (my Win C: drive) R/W and let Crossover >> take care of everything?
Under Ubuntu 8.10 I have my NTFS partition mounted as /c (which corresponds to it's Windows drive letter). While it's not an automatic configuration (you have to do a bit of hand-editing), I set up symlinks for the "Mail" and "ImapMail" directories in .mozilla-thunderbird/<profile>/, and then manually edited the prefs.js file to add the mail accounts, and then point them to the correct directories. It takes a bit of experimentation, so be sure to have a full backup of your mail files before you start tweaking. As for Firefox, I use the Foxmarks extension (http://www.foxmarks.com) for the Windows and Linux profiles, and let that keep my bookmarks in sync. I have been using my NTFS partition as my primary data partition (documents, downloads, etc) and make the appropriate symlinks in my home directory to point to the XP locations. In Crossover and/or Wine, you can also edit the locations it reports to any Win apps installed there, so your documents and media files can also see all the same files as XP or Linux. You don't have to mount partitions for Wine/Crossover, since Wine simply makes any location you want in the filesystem look like a Windows drive. _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Sep 3 - Porkchop - The Areas of My Expertise Oct 1 - Ubikeys Oct 4 - Linux Fest Nov 5 - Releasing Open Source Software Dec 3 - TBD
