John Meyer wrote: > dougM wrote: > >> James Knott wrote: >> >>> dougM wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I have a dual-boot system too, Linux and XP, with OpenOffice installed >>>> in each. What I do is transfer files to a USB flash drive -- you can >>>> get those for very little on eBay. Then each OS can read it, treating >>>> the flash drive as an external drive, and you can drag and drop a >>>> document wherever you want it within each. >>>> >>>> >>> Why not just use the FAT32 partition? It's easy to do and you won't >>> forget to copy to the flash. >>> >>> >> I don't know how to do that, James. Can you refer me to some >> instructions? Thanks. >> >> -- Doug M. >> >> > > > In other words, what I think he is saying is just use the Windows > partition to save your documents and skip the flash drive. That will > work if the XP partition is formatted as FAT32. If it's NTFS, on the > other hand, the support is still a little bit hit and miss. > Then again, in addition to either a flash drive or using the other > partition, you could always use a site like http://www.4shared.com or > http://www.xdrive.com and save the files there. >
What I had recommended was to create a separate FAT32 partition, to which the "My Documents" folder can be moved. I have done that on my notebook. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
