Viewing Linux partitions?

[Guest]

I have Linux and Windows installed on one machine. Windows is installed on
an NTFS partition, so I know there will be problems seeing the Windows
partition from Linux, but can you see the Linux partitions from Windows? If
so how do you set this up? I was working in a company recently where it was
possible to map Unix partitions to a Windows drive, but that system was
basically a Unix/Linux system and Windows was only accessible via Citrix
emulation, so I don't know if it is possible on a Windows system.

Grateful for advice.

 

[David Candy]

This has nothing to do with windows. Ask in a group devoted to the toy OS. The Unix clone makes itself compatable with Windows not vice versa.

On the other hand you can do what you want - but it's done by the toy not the mainstream OS.

You may wish to run your Unix programs in Windows if your specific program can be.
See http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sfu/downloads/default.mspx

 

[Malke]

I have Linux and Windows installed on one machine. Windows is
installed on an NTFS partition, so I know there will be problems
seeing the Windows partition from Linux, but can you see the Linux
partitions from Windows? If so how do you set this up? I was working
in a company recently where it was possible to map Unix partitions to
a Windows drive, but that system was basically a Unix/Linux system and
Windows was only accessible via Citrix emulation, so I don't know if
it is possible on a Windows system.

Grateful for advice.

No. You should make a partition formatted FAT32 if you want to share any
data between the two operating systems.

Malke

 

[Gordon]

I have Linux and Windows installed on one machine. Windows is
installed on an NTFS partition, so I know there will be problems
seeing the Windows partition from Linux, but can you see the Linux
partitions from Windows? If so how do you set this up? I was working
in a company recently where it was possible to map Unix partitions to
a Windows drive, but that system was basically a Unix/Linux system
and Windows was only accessible via Citrix emulation, so I don't know
if it is possible on a Windows system.

Grateful for advice.

Google is your friend.

http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm

 

[Jon]

I have Linux and Windows installed on one machine. Windows is installed on
an NTFS partition, so I know there will be problems seeing the Windows
partition from Linux, but can you see the Linux partitions from Windows?
If
so how do you set this up? I was working in a company recently where it
was
possible to map Unix partitions to a Windows drive, but that system was
basically a Unix/Linux system and Windows was only accessible via Citrix
emulation, so I don't know if it is possible on a Windows system.

Grateful for advice.

Paragon does a program called "Partition Explorer", which gives you access
to files on a linux partition.

Distros like Mandriva 2006 give you access to an NTFS formatted Windows
partition, from linux, with zero effort.

Jon

 

[Gordon]

This has nothing to do with windows. Ask in a group devoted to the
toy OS.

You are probably viewing this group through a LINUX server. Take your
ill-found prejudices elsewhere.

 

[Gordon]

No. You should make a partition formatted FAT32 if you want to share
any data between the two operating systems.

Malke

Take a look here: (for info!)

http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm

 

[Gordon]

Google is your friend.

http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm

Whoops, misread the post!

 

[David Candy]

Crap I am. My prejudices are not ill formed. Who is the designer of Linux.

 

[Gordon]

Take a look here: (for info!)

http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm

Whoops - misread the post!

 

[chrispsg]

Your company was probably running a samba server on their network. If
you added another PC running samba you would be able to do the same.
However in your dual boot situation you can use this software. It will
allow read and write access to ext2 and ext3 filesystems.

http://www.fs-driver.org/index.html

Here is another opinion on the matter if you wish to read.

http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/partition-share-HOWTO.html

Chris

 

[Gordon]

Crap I am. My prejudices are not ill formed. Who is the designer of
Linux.

What's that got to do with it?

 

[David Candy]

You asserted my prejudices were ill-formed.

 

[Gordon]

You asserted my prejudices were ill-formed.

They are. What has the "designer" got to do with whether its a "toy" OS or
not?

 

[3c273]

Reading files on an NTFS partition from Linux is not a problem. You just
need to compile NTFS support into your kernel. As far as reading "Linux"
partitions from Windows, what format are your Linux partitions, (EXT2, EXT3,
ReiserFS, etc.)? For reading EXT2/EXT3, there is a program called
Explore2fs available here:
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm
for ReiserFS, RFSGUI is available here
http://www.wolfsheep.com/map/
HTH
Louis

 

[David Candy]

Noone designs it. It is absolute crap.

 

[Gordon]

Noone designs it. It is absolute crap.

And you speak with absolute authority on that do you?

One for the bozo bin, you plonker.

 

[David Candy]

And you speak with absolute authority on that do you?
Yes I do.

 

[Kerry Brown]

Paragon does a program called "Partition Explorer", which gives you
access to files on a linux partition.

Distros like Mandriva 2006 give you access to an NTFS formatted
Windows partition, from linux, with zero effort.

Jon

I haven't tried that distro so I don't know if it supports writing or just
reading. Using any permission based OS to write to another permission based
OS's volumes/partitions is always a bad idea. It can cause ownership issues.
This means Linux writing to a NTFS drive or Windows writing to a Linux drive
may cause unforseen problems down the road. Reading files shouldn't be a
problem.

Kerry

 

[chrispsg]

Kerry is correct...the best way to share files between the two is to
setup a FAT32 "shared" partition. Heres how:

http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/partition-share-HOWTO.html