Directory and files with read write for both kubuntu and windows

[Felix Miata]

On 2013-11-23 13:37 (GMT+0100) Ralf Mardorf composed:

> Sinclair wrote:

>> kubuntu wrote:

>> > I will be dual booting with windows 7 and wish to play my music mp3
>> > files in both operating environments.  Would it be best to have the mp3
>> > files on a ntfs formated disc and then mount the disc on both systems.
>> > Would this cause any problems?

>> try an extfs driver for Windows so you can access you music directory
>> under linux from your Windows install

> +1

> and in addition it doesn't harm to have a FAT partition to share files from all
> kinds of computers. Sharing a NTFS partition shouldn't cause issues. Sharing
> ext2 and FAT also shouldn't cause issues.

FAT very well could create issues if extending the sharing to video files. 
FAT has a file size limit that HD video files not infrequently exceed. Having 
a media files library split across both FAT and NTFS and/or EXT2 partitions 
can be a headache, or worse.

You might want to consider avoiding the which filesystem decision and 
potential headaches by keeping the library on a NAS box using RAID, which 
would be immune from any OS reinstallations that want to reformat.
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