OK, Sunny. Thanks alot for your advise.
Thank you very much. On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:23:23 -0500 Sunny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/25/07, Michael Derek Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > if you just want to swap data back and forth between the partitions, you > > might be best off using chown or chmod on specific directories rather > > than making the whole thing completely accessible. for instance, you > > could just chown patrickh /media/datatank/home/patrickh (assuming you're > > using the same logins, etc. etc.) which would allow your patrickh user > > on suse to access fully the home directories on the other partitions, > > but would require you to login as root to go in and change the important > > config files on those other partitions. > > > > Derek > > Usually I do not recommend writing to the other OSes system partitions > at all. Changing the privileges may result in the other OS to not > function properly. > > For me, the safest way is - make the necessary folders/files readable > using their own OS. Then you can read them from the other OSes on the > machine. If you need to modify them, store them locally in the OS you > use at the moment, and them fatch them back when you boot in the other > OS. Yes, that way you will have 2 duplicate copies, but they can be > cleaned after the transfer, and is much much safer. > > I started using this approach in the old days, when I dual/triple > booted with win. Back then, the NTFS write support in linux was not > very reliable. And there was ext2 importer for win. And I was safe not > damaging any of the filesystems, while working with them from the > other OS. > > Even if in Patrick's situation, he does not have this limitation (all > etc2 partitions), creating such a habit can avoid possible future > disasters. > > Or, create a separate partition for the shared files, so you separate > them from the OSes (as we used to do with a FAT32 partition to share > between win/linux). > > Yeah, a long writing, but I guess the moral of the story is - Patric, > please reconsider your desire to write to these partitions - most > probably you can go without it, even if it is possible, as Derek > suggested. > > Cheers > > -- > Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) > > Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just > a pile of scrap. > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- Patrik Hasibuan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Junior Programmer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
