Re: writable file system for windows

From: Olivier Gautherot (olivier_at_gautherot.net)
Date: 11/30/04

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    Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:33:09 +0100
    To: Kevin Smith <smithcam@adelphia.net>
    
    

    Hi kevin!

    > I'm happily running 5.3-Release on a dual-boot system with windows.
    > I have my NTFS partition mounted read-only on bsd so I can get files
    > from windows.
    > What is the safest method of writing files from bsd so that windows
    > can read them ? Should I create a FAT partition in windows and mount
    > this one rw for this purpose ?

    If you have no restrictions regarding ACL, this is the quickest way to
    do so.

    You can also create an ext2fs file system, that can be mounted read-only
    under Windows using Cygwin ;-)

    Cheers
        Olivier
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