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Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:31:43 +0800
From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg>
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Subject: Re: Partition to be shared over OSes
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Hi,

Caio Figueiredo Abecia wrote:
> Hi
> I have some operation systems installed on a hd in some partitions.
> I'd like to know if could I have a partition FAT32 in my hd and let my 
> linux/bsd/windows read/write any file there.
> 
> To that purpose (share a partition to windows/linux/bsd) what's the best 
> solution?
> 
> My partition to be NTFS and install on each SO (-win) ntfs-3g ?

I get sometimes problems in mounting them after I wrote some GB in one 
session to them.

FAT32 is something much more safer when it comes just to data exchange.

I would not keep any kind of data on this partition then.

Erich