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04-13-2005, 01:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
chadwick300 Newb Techie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 14	Universal File Format Is there a file format that can be read by both Linux and Windows?

04-13-2005, 01:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
horndude Master Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,534	several filesystems: dos ntfs iso9660 udf FAT FAT32 FAT16 and almost any file format on those filesystems, linux can natively read/write to about 60 filesystems

04-13-2005, 02:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
chadwick300 Newb Techie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 14	So where in Linux would I see my NTFS and FAT32 file systems?

04-13-2005, 03:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
m3trj Monster Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,574	If you have a Windows partition you want to view, then you should be able to mount it. Also remember NTFS write doesn't work so well in Linux. __________________ \'There is only one basic human right, and that is to do as you **** well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, to take the consequences.\'

04-13-2005, 03:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
horndude Master Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,534	you can either mount it or them manually or list them in the /etc/fstab file to be mounted at boot

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04-18-2005, 03:17 AM

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I would recommend FAT32, Linux has some problems with NTFS

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