RE: floppy has FAT16, FAT32 or other filesystem
- From: Malke <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 07:40:18 -0700
sunnyboy_anshu wrote:
actually i just wanted to share some files between Linux and Windows that
i have on the same HDD. generally i would have used a floppy for that but
for some reasons i have done away with floppies. as options i have CD/DVD,
usb and partitions on my HDD. i would like to avoid using a CD/DVD as it
gives trouble on Linux probably because i am not so good at it now. so for
the time being i want something else. i don't have a usb, neither have any
plans to get one right now. so i am left with HDD. my problem was, should
i dedicate a partition for sharing files between the two OS's. that would
mean a compatible filesystem for both the os.
as far as compatibility is concerned, i am transferring my codes from
windows to linux, make modifications to them and then compile it. im just
trying to make things easier for me.
See, if you had just said this in your *first* post we would all be done by
now.
Ways to transfer data from Windows to Linux machines (in no particular
order):
1. Floppy.
2. USB thumb drive - go buy one. You can get a 512MB thumb drive for around
$25USD.
3. Over the local area network. Set up Samba on Linux. Since you apparently
only have one machine which you are dual-booting, this isn't applicable to
you.
4. CD-R - figure out why you are having trouble with this because it should
Just Work.
5. Upload data to ftp site from one OS, download from the other OS.
6. If you are dual-booting Linux with XP (NTFS), create a "buffer" partition
formatted FAT32 for shared data since Linux cannot safely write to NTFS.
Once again, you have left out what damn *program* you are using. If you are
using a text editor on Windows, Linux can read text created in Notepad with
no problem; however Unix handles end-of-line differently than Windows and
you will need to adjust for this. Also Unix does not identify file
associations with file extensions as Windows does. Remember to name your
Unix file with an extension or Windows will not know what to do with it.
Example: In Linux - "myprogram" created in Kate will open in Kate. If you
want to transfer the file to Windows, name it "myprogram.txt" so it will
open in Notepad.
You can't possibly write a program for an operating system which you don't
understand, so it would be a Good Thing for you to learn at least the
basics about Linux if you want to use it.
Malke
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