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Creating a Dual-Boot Windows XP and Ubuntu Laptop | |
| Subject: | fat32 partition | |
| Date: | 2006-05-09 18:50:19 | |
| From: | wadel | |
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I don't understand the need for the fat32 partition. My notebook (Dell Latitude) has been dual booting Ubuntu (since 5.0) and I have always been able to share data with the NTFS partition (Windows C:). It currently mounts as /media/hda2 on my box and as you noted requires root permission for access. I have always regarded fat32 as somewhat unstable.
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2006-05-10 16:44:06 Kevin Farnham |
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This is a matter of personal preference. I prefer not using the root account except when absolutely necessary. Writing to an NTFS partition from Linux using the root account involves a certain amount of risk. I wouldn't want to accidentally corrupt my bootable Windows operating system. Or worse, be responsible for a reader accidentally doing this to their previously working laptop!
While FAT32 is not secure or particularly robust, I think its "vanilla" nature makes it adequate for storing non-critical data that you want to share between XP and Linux. You'll just want to make sure you have a back up copy of anything you really can't afford to lose.