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Subject: Re: writable file system for windows
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Hi kevin!


> I'm  happily running 5.3-Release on a dual-boot system with windows.  
> I have my NTFS partition mounted read-only on bsd so I can get files 
> from windows.
> What is the safest method of writing files from bsd so that windows 
> can read them ?  Should I create a FAT partition in windows and mount 
> this one rw for this purpose ?

If you have no restrictions regarding ACL, this is the quickest way to 
do so.

You can also create an ext2fs file system, that can be mounted read-only 
under Windows using Cygwin ;-)

Cheers
    Olivier