ext3 partition on a windows drive common to 32bit and 64bit?

[Karl Goetz]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:18:04 +1100
David Ryder <davaweb at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> Thanks Matt and Karl.
> Karl - 
> Strange place to put it, but you can if you want.
> Where would you put it and why? I would prefer not to have it in /home

I'd mount in it to $HOME/shared (or a similar name). Its a logical
place for personal files, its under your home, so its easy to browse
to.

> as it is on a separate physical drive and wanted to make sure /home

raw drive (/dev/sdb) , partition (/dev/sdc2), loop back filesystem
(eg, ramdisks, or .isos), you can mount them arbitrary locations
whatever they are.

> was not corrupted by a drive error.

Home can be corrupted wherever it is, your just depending on a
different drive.
kk

> Thanks -- David
> 
> On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 09:35 +1030, Karl Goetz wrote:
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> > On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:41:42 +1100
> > David Ryder <davaweb at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > I have created an ext3 partition on a separate windows drive that
> > > I want to make common to both my 32bit and 64bit Hardy 8.04
> > > installations so some files remain 'up to date'. Such as my fax
> > > folders, Documents folder etc.
> > > 
> > > Is this a reasonable way to do it without harming either
> > > installation? 1. Create mount points in both systems: /3264common
> > 
> > Strange place to put it, but you can if you want.
> > 
> > > 2. Enter in fstabin both systems:
> > > UUID=97907bf0-6294-4e08-a14a-97dde3d9982e /3264files ext3
> > > relatime 0 2 3. Change permission and ownership in both to:
> > > sudo chown -R myname:myname /3264common
> > > sudo chmod -R 755 /3264common
> > > 4. Move fax, Documents folders etc to /3264common that I want both
> > > systems to use (and change program paths accordingly.
> > > 
> > > On boot to either system, will fstab mount the /3264common without
> > > problems?
> > 
> > test it. enter all the details and run `sudo mount -a`. If theres no
> > error, `ls /3264common` and you should see files.
> > kk
> > 
> > > 
> > > David
> > > 

-- 
Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian user / gNewSense contributor
http://www.kgoetz.id.au
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