On 12/28/05, Roshan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/28/05, Robert Slade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 19:18, Gerard Seibert wrote: > > > On Tuesday, December 27, 2005 1:42:54 PM > > > "Andrew L. Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: Quick Install Question > > > Wrote these words of wisdom: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is the WinXP partition in the same computer that is running FreeBSD? Or > > > > is the NTFS partition a shared directory on a separate WinXP computer? > > > > (I was not aware that Samba could be used to read NTFS partitions > > > > residing on a FreeBSD computer.) > > > > > > > > The original poster wishes to dual boot WinXP and FreeBSD on the same > > > > computer. > > > > > > > > Andrew Gould > > > > > > > > > ***** REPLY SEPARATOR ***** > > > On 10/11/2005 5:29:42 PM, Gerard Replied: > > > > > > Actually, there are three computers. One is running FreeBSD 5.4 and the > > > other two have WinXP Pro installed. I networked all three together. The > > > WinXP systems are using the NTFS format. Samba can read and write to > > > both of the WinXP machines without any problems. > > > > > > I really do not know if this is germane to a dual boot system however. > > > It probably is not since WinXP would not actually be running when > > > FreeBSD was in this type of configuration. > > > > > > Fat32 is really a poor file system when compared to NTFS. It is too bad > > > that he is unable to get a second machine and use FreeBSD on it instead > > > of dual booting. > > > > > > Just my 2ยข. > > > > Gerhard, > > > > Just to clear up a point. In your case, Samba is not writing to NTFS. it > > is handling the communications between the 2 operating systems using the > > SMB protocol. The individual OS' handle to filing system input/outputs. > > > > The issue with FreeBSD reading and writing to NTFS directly is > > different. There is a driver that will allow FreeBSD to read NTFS, but > > because of the complexities of NTFS writing to it is dificult and whilst > > possible can cause the NTFS partition to become unreadable by XP. > > > > For info the best way of setting up dual booting of FreeBSD and XP is to > > use 3 partitions, 1 for XP using NTFS, 1 for FreeBSD and a 3rd Fat32 > > partition for data transfer. > > > > Rob > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >
Hi everyone. i just want to add a little something to this discussion, about read/write from Windows boxes. You can use mount_smbfs to mount a shared resource from an SMB file server. See 'man mount_smbfs' for more info. Roshan _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
