Re: directfb

["Bill Cunningham" <billcu2 verizon net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Cunningham" <billcu2 verizon net>
To: <gtk-list gnome org>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 7:19 PM
Subject: directfb


> The "best" way to set up dual boot XP/Linux at the moment is with
> > 3 partitions:  one with ntfs, one with fat32 for exchanging files and
> > one with ext3 or whatever filesystem you want to use with Linux.
> > Reading and writing to ntfs is currently still a problem for Linux.  It
> > is getting better but in the mean time it is better to use a common
> > fat32 partition if you want access from both operation systems.
> > This glosses over swap partition process.  In the near future Linux
> > will be able to reliably read from and write to ntfs filesystems but
> > until then an intermediary is needed (fat32 with its' 4G file size.)
> >
> > later,
> > charles.....
>
>    What can I put in the fat32 partition? I have win98se but my computer 
> is
> so new I run into a lot of problems. I have DOS 6.21 on 3.5" floppies but 
> my
> coputer has no floppy drive. My xp version came with my computer and it's 
> a
> strange distro. I don't see an xp bootloader that gives me an option to 
> load
> two different OSs. I can get grub into the MBR.
>
> Bill


   Whoa! Sorry wrong post to wrong group.

Bill