View Full Version : Best way to share files on a dual-boot XP/FreeBSD set-up?
Speederlander
02-21-2007, 10:55 AM
Title. First time messing with dual-boot. What is the best way to make files available/common to both configurations (win XP and FreeBSD)? Just some type of shared file? Second small drive? Any advice appreciated and the more detail the better.
Thanks.
Serra
02-21-2007, 11:00 AM
I would make a FAT partition myself. Both Windows and every Linux distro can natively read that partition type.
Someone else probably has a more elegant solution that involves getting your Linux to read NTFS partitions and your Windows partition to read whatever file system your Linux uses, but short of that...
Speederlander
02-21-2007, 11:18 AM
How about one of those universal network drives? Any experience with those at all?
FAT partition should work fine. Or some junk PC running some Unix derivate as a file server, e.g. a notebook.
Speederlander
02-21-2007, 04:57 PM
Thanks for the feedback, I will set aside a FAT partition for sharing files.
What is the best boot manager to use? GRUB? BSD's built in one (it has one, I believe)? Each OS will have it's own hard drive.
What is the best boot manager to use? GRUB? BSD's built in one (it has one, I believe)? Each OS will have it's own hard drive.
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