From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 27 17:10:33 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4569B16A41F for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:10:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kbstew01@owt.com) Received: from smtp.owt.com (smtp.owt.com [204.118.6.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67A5443D62 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:10:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kbstew01@owt.com) Received: from ruby.owt.com (owt-207-41-94-232.owt.com [207.41.94.232]) by smtp.owt.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j8RHA6Cf016263; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:10:07 -0700 From: Kent Stewart To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:10:24 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <43392527.5040406@pobox.sk> <200509271309.j8RD9TNv005943@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <433948DC.9010804@pobox.sk> In-Reply-To: <433948DC.9010804@pobox.sk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200509271010.24521.kbstew01@owt.com> Cc: martinko , Jerry McAllister Subject: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: kstewart@owt.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:10:33 -0000 On Tuesday 27 September 2005 06:27 am, martinko wrote: > Jerry McAllister wrote: > >>John Hoover wrote: > >>>On 9/26/05, Kiffin Gish wrote: > >>>>I have a dual-boot laptop running on the one hand Windows XP > >>>> (sorry) and on the other hand good old FreeBSD. > >>>> > >>>>My question: is it possible to exchange data files between both > >>>> both operaing systems in an easy and efficient way? > >>> > >>>I don't know if it would be considered the most efficient, but > >>> I've got my Sony GRT100 set up this way. It has worked out well > >>> so far. > >>> > >>>Three partitions > >>>25GB NTFS (MS XP) > >>>3GB FAT32 (Data sharing) > >>>12GB BSD (FreeBSD) > >>> > >>>I'm using FreeBSD's boot manager for selecting the boot partition > >>> at startup. > >>>Best I remember I installed the above by > >>>1) using FreeBSD to partition and install on ad0s3 > >>>2) install XP on first partition, format FAT32 partition within XP > >>>(admin tools -> computer management -> disk management) > >>>3) reinstall FreeBSD, installing FreeBSD boot manager > >>> > >>>You could add an entry to /etc/fstabs to mount the FAT32 partition > >>> on startup, > >>>I just mounted it by hand if I needed it. > >>> > >>>John. > >>>------------------------------------- > >>>John F Hoover > >>>johnfhoover@gmail.com > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > >>you don't even need to use fbsd's boot manager. i mean, it works, > >> but it doesn't look very well, does it. :) > > > > It works very well. It does exactly what it is designed to do > > and does it without crashing or skrewing up. > > It is not loaded down with a bunch of glitzy features, if that is > > what you want. But, it works well. > > > > ////jerry > > i agree. i was referring to its look, though. no flame. > > m:) I use an FAT32 for interOS communication. I don't use it very often becauee I have shared files on other local machines but the machines were all designed that way from the start. I also use ntldr for the boot because you can tell FreeBSD to not mess with things much better than you can tell Windows. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html