Re: Dual boot Debian/Windows question

[Fabrizio Poggi <poggif@casaccia.enea.it>]

Mark Phillips wrote:

> My laptop is set up to dual boot Debian (sid) and Windows 2000. What is
> the best way to be able to share files between the two OSs? 
>
> The Linux howtwo on this subject warns about directly mounting My
> Documents from Windows in Linux, and suggests creating a separate vfat
> partition to share files. Is that really necessary? What are the reasons
> (they were not mentioned in the article)? 
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark

Hi,

yes, it helps alot to keep the things separated as much as you can. 
Mainly because a separated FAT32 partition it contains no system 
mechanisms to damage and is fully readable and writable for both the 
systems (d:\, /dos). Keeping your stuff in a shared disk is useful also 
when you want to scratch one of the OS. I mount the win partition 
manually everytime I need, without a permanent mount.

regards, Fabrizio