extern hard drives

[Doug Pollard]

NoOp wrote:
> On 01/15/2009 06:50 PM, Doug Pollard wrote:
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>> H.S. wrote:
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>>> Doug Pollard wrote:
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>>>       
>>>> Here is the output. I see it has an asterix under boot??  That
>>>> seems wrong.
>>>>
>>>> Doug
>>>>
>>>> doug at doug-Linux:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdc [sudo] password for
>>>> doug:
>>>>
>>>> Disk /dev/sdc: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63
>>>> sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 =
>>>> 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0009e195
>>>>
>>>> Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System 
>>>> /dev/sdc1   *           1       19457   156288321    b  W95
>>>> FAT32 doug at doug-Linux:~$
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Looks good. The asterix should not matter, it just makes it
>>> bootable. Can you read and write files to this partition from
>>> Ubuntu?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes I can read and write to the files in ubuntu.   I went back to
>>> Xp and found I am now getting an error. I went back to Xp and am
>>> now getting an error message since changing the letter so that I
>>> can see the empty drive In the my Computer folder.  The only thing
>>> I know to do about that is to take xp back to befor  I put the new
>>> drive letter in.  I am suspecting that Xp is the problem.
>>>       
>> Doug
>>     
>
> If you wish to store files larger than 4GB (for example the Ubuntu DVD
> which is 4.4GB) on that drive you'll need to convert it ntfs. Ref:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314463
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310525/EN-US/
>
> I suspect that if you convert the drive to ntfs you'll probably be able
> to see it in XP.
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My thinking was that if I formated Fat 32 I would be able to take 
pictures back and forth from XP to linux and use them in video in 
cinelerra but do brush work in Paint with wacom pad. If I change the 
files to NTFS I won't be able to take them into Ubuntu to use them in 
vidio. Is that correct??  I don't know maybe I can't do what I want to 
do??  It may be asking too much to work files in both programs like that.
                                                                         
         Doug