Re: looking for ideas: creating a data partition for a dual boot system
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 10:33:20PM +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 04:19:14PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > >> 2. Share the same Desktop folder (I think if #1 is solved this is > > >> automatic) > > > > > > Maybe, but the Desktop folder would be pretty much useless for > > > FreeBSD. Maybe there is an X window manager that could do something > > > usefull with it, but I doubt it. And the icons and stuff would > > > point to windows programs/drives anyway. > > > > Every x desktop manager calls it ~/Desktop > > What doe you mean by "desktop manager"? If you mean window manager, it > is definitely not true. For instance, fvwm2 uses ~/.fvwm/config. > > If you mean desktop environments, it is also not true. According to > their respective documentations, KDE uses ~/.kde be default, and Gnome > uses ~/.gconf, ~/.gnome2 and ~/.local/share. I think he means his MS-Win desktop - not one in FreeBSD, but some other posters seem to be drifting from that. jerry > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: looking for ideas: creating a data partition for a dual boot system
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 03:43:14PM -0500, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > I have both vista and freebsd 8-current installed on the same drive > and also have allocated the rest of the disk to be a fat32 partition. > I know I should put any data I want to be passed between the two on > the fat32 partition. Now the question is how to lay it out so that: > > 1. The home dir for my account of FreeBSD = Vista account's root dir > 2. Share the same Desktop folder (I think if #1 is solved this is automatic) In FreeBSD you can just change the login(home) directory field in the /etc/passwd file for the account. Use vipw(8) to do the editing. But, you may not want to do that because there are some differences in a MS fat32 filesystem and the UNIX type filesystem that FreeBSD uses. Some ownership and permission and link information will be lost. Instead, just mount that fat32 file system as 'msdosfs' type on to some nice mnemonic mount point and work on it there. I use "/mydos" for mounting my fat32 partition in FreeBSD. Then, you can address files in it as /mydos/somedir/somefile.If you have a group of files you want to address as if they are in your home dir, than make a symlink to their directory. cd ln -s /mydos/goodstuff goodstuff Then any time you cd to ~/goodstuff you will really get /mydos/goodstuff Pick your own names. As for how to deal with it in MS-Vista, it will show up as another drive, say e: or maybe f: It will not be root as far as I can tell. But it might be possible to make it your desktop. I avoid MS mostly. jerry > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: looking for ideas: creating a data partition for a dual boot system
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 04:19:14PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> >> 2. Share the same Desktop folder (I think if #1 is solved this is automatic) >>> Maybe, but the Desktop folder would be pretty much useless for >>> FreeBSD. Maybe there is an X window manager that could do >>> something usefull with it, but I doubt it. And the icons and >>> stuff would point to windows programs/drives anyway. >> Every x desktop manager calls it ~/Desktop > > What doe you mean by "desktop manager"? If you mean window manager, > it is definitely not true. For instance, fvwm2 uses ~/.fvwm/config. > Where did I say wm? > > If you mean desktop environments, it is also not true. According to > their respective documentations, KDE uses ~/.kde be default, and > Gnome uses ~/.gconf, ~/.gnome2 and ~/.local/share. I guess you don't use X... even though the above is correct both gnome and kde create ~/Desktop and the desktop manager display (usually a standalone executable seperate then the wm components) by default shows it's contents on the desktop... btw I use xfce and same thing there > > Roland -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHXwLyzIOMjAek4JIRAuzWAKCEniiU3kDiNWjtiZJ4zUcnN7J4bQCfT5F0 6Tcj1Cg9NvdqnJYneJAIkTs= =MQ7d -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: looking for ideas: creating a data partition for a dual boot system
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 04:19:14PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > >> 2. Share the same Desktop folder (I think if #1 is solved this is > >> automatic) > > > > Maybe, but the Desktop folder would be pretty much useless for > > FreeBSD. Maybe there is an X window manager that could do something > > usefull with it, but I doubt it. And the icons and stuff would > > point to windows programs/drives anyway. > > Every x desktop manager calls it ~/Desktop What doe you mean by "desktop manager"? If you mean window manager, it is definitely not true. For instance, fvwm2 uses ~/.fvwm/config. If you mean desktop environments, it is also not true. According to their respective documentations, KDE uses ~/.kde be default, and Gnome uses ~/.gconf, ~/.gnome2 and ~/.local/share. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgp35vZOmxRLO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: looking for ideas: creating a data partition for a dual boot system
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> 2. Share the same Desktop folder (I think if #1 is solved this is >> automatic) > > Maybe, but the Desktop folder would be pretty much useless for > FreeBSD. Maybe there is an X window manager that could do something > usefull with it, but I doubt it. And the icons and stuff would > point to windows programs/drives anyway. Every x desktop manager calls it ~/Desktop -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHXv7SzIOMjAek4JIRAuevAKChfCrPaxxihu6CLhB7McYavS/7MQCfV2W8 oncy1spTaxdiCMHk3+eZWWE= =ZClh -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: looking for ideas: creating a data partition for a dual boot system
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 03:43:14PM -0500, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > I have both vista and freebsd 8-current installed on the same drive > and also have allocated the rest of the disk to be a fat32 partition. > I know I should put any data I want to be passed between the two on > the fat32 partition. Now the question is how to lay it out so that: > > 1. The home dir for my account of FreeBSD = Vista account's root dir In FreeBSD you can mount the fat32 partition on /home/$USER. How to handle this in vista you'd have to ask somewhere else, I think. The FAT "filesystem" doesn't handle a lot of things (like file and directory permissions) that UFS2 does. So this doesn't strike me as a really good idea. > 2. Share the same Desktop folder (I think if #1 is solved this is automatic) Maybe, but the Desktop folder would be pretty much useless for FreeBSD. Maybe there is an X window manager that could do something usefull with it, but I doubt it. And the icons and stuff would point to windows programs/drives anyway. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpID6Ss3cc2s.pgp Description: PGP signature
looking for ideas: creating a data partition for a dual boot system
I have both vista and freebsd 8-current installed on the same drive and also have allocated the rest of the disk to be a fat32 partition. I know I should put any data I want to be passed between the two on the fat32 partition. Now the question is how to lay it out so that: 1. The home dir for my account of FreeBSD = Vista account's root dir 2. Share the same Desktop folder (I think if #1 is solved this is automatic) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
