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<DIV><SPAN class=320341219-13102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Yes.
This is what many people do to access "common data" such as mp3s and video
files. If you run WINE, you probably want this setup also so you don't install
apps twice.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=320341219-13102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Make
sure your partition is FAT32, not FAT16 or NTFS. technically, you *could* use
FAT16 (but trust me you don't want to because of long-filename
restrictions).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=320341219-13102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As
someone noted, under Linux you will see files that Windows usually hides. Be
careful with the "rm" command that you don't delete Windows system files. In
fact you can do anything dangerous to the partition, so make sure you shutdown
cleanly. FAT32 btw is not a journaling filesystem so it's susceptible to
losing data if the system is shutdown improperly (be it Windows or Linux OS
doesn't matter)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=320341219-13102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If
possible, you also want to avoid creating files with spaces or special
characters in them. That's my opinion... you can *still* get access to the files
using quoting and escaping... but I don't the "benefit" is worth the
complications (a "_" underscore in files is a better substitute for
spaces).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=320341219-13102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>-Scott</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Abhishake Pathak
[mailto:abhishake00@yahoo.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 12, 2002 5:21
AM<BR><B>To:</B> discuss@blu.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> sharing a
partition<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P>i'm thinking of doing a dual boot with windows 2000 and rh8. i was
wondering if it was possible to have one common partion which could be
accessed in both windows as well as linux..</P>
<P>abhishake</P>
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