Dual Booting Win2k and Linux

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2003-05-19 05:49pm

One thing that I've been reading is that there are issues with using NTFS with Linux, that Linux cannot write to NTFS and that you can't use the Windows partition for NTFS. I just wanted to know if there's any way to use NTFS for the Windows partition? FAT32 is infinetly inferior and I want to avoid using that.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-05-19 05:56pm

Get a good partitioning program. The best one out there, IMO, is Partition Magic 8.

Use it to create partitions on your hard drive, leaving some space for the Windows partition with NTFS on it. For the Linux one, you can use the partition program to format it in ext3, and make the swap space along with it.

So you have an NTFS partition for Windows and a ext3 Linux + Linux swap space. Now, the common practice here is to make another partition that's FAT32. This is where all your "shared" stuff like mp3s, games, whatnot goes. This way, you can read it from both Windows and Linux.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-05-19 06:14pm

Linux to me is a pain in the fourth point of contact. I've installed it as dual-boot on both my machines, but I find I rarely boot into Linux...

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-05-19 07:42pm

http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-05-19 07:55pm

I'm dual-booting win2k and linux, and I'm running NTFS on the Windows partition. Mind you, I never try to write onto it from Linux; I only try to read from it. I find web development much easier on Linux, although games obviously work better on Windows.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2003-05-19 09:54pm

Is there any way to have Windows read ext2/3 or ReiserFS?

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2003-05-19 10:28pm

Drooling Iguana wrote:Is there any way to have Windows read ext2/3 or ReiserFS?

Should be posible.

Go download the Windows DDK & a copy of the source code fo reading/writing ext2/3 or ReiserFS and write a driver for it.

As for is it done? Probable not. But it is possible.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-05-19 11:42pm

I just used FAT32, w/ bigger win partition, and I will add loopback files as necessary.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-05-20 02:32am

IIRC, Mandrake 9.1 includes support for writing to NTFS.

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-05-20 03:20am

Darth Wong wrote:I'm dual-booting win2k and linux, and I'm running NTFS on the Windows partition. Mind you, I never try to write onto it from Linux; I only try to read from it. I find web development much easier on Linux, although games obviously work better on Windows.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought you could only read NTFS from Linux, not write to it? When did that change?

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2003-05-20 03:51pm

Grrr. Twice I've tried to install Linux, and twice the installer (for Red Hat 8, the disk came with the book I bought on how Linux works) crashed. I'm going to try to run it in text only mode, AFTER I search the Internet for some hopefully bug free Red Hat ISOs.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-05-20 03:56pm

RH9 is out and pretty good, but the inclusing of NPTL breaks some older binaries.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-05-20 03:56pm

Vertigo1 wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought you could only read NTFS from Linux, not write to it? When did that change?

Writing to NTFS is unsupported and subject to risk.

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2003-05-21 01:59am

phongn wrote:RH9 is out and pretty good, but the inclusing of NPTL breaks some older binaries.

So, you can't run some Linux programs on Red Hat 9?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-05-21 12:13pm

Certain ones will require different binaries. Codeweaver's Crossover, for example, requires an update.

Mandrake 9.1 has the same issue.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-05-21 12:16pm

That comes from their using different versions of GCC, doesn't it? Binary incompatibility or whatnot.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-05-21 12:19pm

Crayz9000 wrote:That comes from their using different versions of GCC, doesn't it? Binary incompatibility or whatnot.

No, a new library (NPTL). The ABI has remained constant.

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2003-05-21 04:04pm

So if they have the source code avalable, can I just re-compile it?

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2003-05-22 07:08pm

*sigh*
Three times I have tried to install. Twice using the Install CDs that came with the book, and once using the most recent Red Hat 9 ISOs AFTER I confirmed the MD5 files. Each time, my computer has crashed.

My motherboard is evidently supported and, while there are some issues with USB hard drives, shouldn't cause an installer crash. Is there anything else that could be wrong?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-05-22 07:24pm

Not a clue about your install crashes, sorry. Oddly, Mandrake gave me hell during install but RedHat worked perfectly.

And yes, you should be able to compile from source without a problem.

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-05-22 07:36pm

Well, try putting the drive on a ribbon cable inside your case and see what happens.

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2003-05-22 07:49pm

I don't HAVE a USB hard drive. That was just the only error ever reported for the motherboard (aside from a network issue which I got around).

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-05-23 01:35am

Do you have an Adaptec SCSI card?

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2003-05-23 02:26am

Crayz9000 wrote:Do you have an Adaptec SCSI card?

Nope.