Dual boot XP/ubuntu and symbolic links from XP to Kubuntu

[Stephen]

Ray Parrish wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> Stephen Constantinou wrote:
>>>   
>>>     
>>>> Alan_Dacey at horizonblue.com wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>>  >. . .
>>>>>  >I do not want to copy all my user files from XP onto the Linux
>>>>>  >partition.  To this end I have learned (via this forum) how to mount the
>>>>>  >xp/ntfs partition at boot up and now the XP file structure (of C:)
>>>>>  >. . .  
>>>>>  >From within Kubuntu the xp folder containing the e-mails is owned by
>>>>>  >root: and all groups can view & modify.  This is also true of the
>>>>>  >individual e-mail boxes/files.
>>>>>  > From within Kubuntu/thunderbird the folder containing the e-mails is
>>>>>  >owned by stephanos (the only user) and owner can view & Modify.  Group
>>>>>  >and Others are forbidden.  The individual e-mail boxes/files clearly
>>>>>  >state that they are links and do not have permissions.
>>>>>  >
>>>>>  >Questions
>>>>>  >1) Is what I am trying to achieve impossible or have I missed something?
>>>>>  >2) Should I be turning those permissions that say Forbidden into Can
>>>>>  >View & Modify?
>>>>>  >
>>>>>  >Any help appreciated
>>>>>  >
>>>>>  >Stephen
>>>>>
>>>>> The first question I ask is why are you even linking?  Why not just
>>>>> use the folders on your C drive as your data folders for the email?
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, What you are trying to do should be possible, but some more
>>>>> information would be nice. :)
>>>>> You said that you mounted it at boot?  What is the relevant line in
>>>>> your fstab file?  Also if you could ls -al the directory and post here
>>>>> so that we could see the details of the links you made?
>>>>>
>>>>> I also do the same thing with my computer and have no problems with
>>>>> what you are describing, but it has been a while since I set it up.  
>>>>> Off the top of my head, I seem to remember having problems with the
>>>>> line in /etc/fstab.  I think it should end with   0  0  (zero  zero)
>>>>> I think you may also have to change the ownership of the folder
>>>>> ie:  sudo chown stephanos stephanos
>>>>> (I only guessed at the stephanos'es, check your system first!)
>>>>>
>>>>> If that doesn't work try changing the permissions on the folder using
>>>>> the chmod command
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Alan
>>>>>
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>>>> Dear All
>>>>
>>>> Thanks to Alan, Derek and Walton.  Before I go down the avenue of ls 
>>>> etc, I just want to explore with Alan his first suggestion about loading 
>>>> the mail boxes directly from C drive.
>>>>
>>>> Alan, I thought about this and could not remember why I did not try 
>>>> this. Many years ago I did just copy them over/import them from win98 
>>>> into Mandrake and they did work.  I was always hoping to improve the 
>>>> situation.
>>>>
>>>> With Thunderbird (XP), inside the account section, on the Server 
>>>> Directory list on the left, there is indeed a Local Directory display 
>>>> that points at the location of the mail boxes and a browse button to 
>>>> change the location.
>>>>
>>>> With Thunderbird (Kubuntu), there is not.  Now I am surprised by this. 
>>>> Such an option does exists in Thunderbird (Kubuntu) for the Local 
>>>> Folders only and not for accounts that I have made.  In total I need to 
>>>> set up five e-mail accounts each with their own Inbox's.
>>>>
>>>> Is my Thunderbird different to yours?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and wait to hear
>>>>
>>>> Stephen
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>      It's acting different than TBird (2.0.0.19) here on my Ubuntu 
>>> machine, and every other TBird install I've seen, regardless of OS...
>>> 	Did you install TBird from Ubuntu repos, or somewhere else?
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>> Dear All
>>
>> I posted a question on the mozilla/Thunderbird forum and solved this one.
>>
>> I am embarrassed to say that the window showing the server setting only 
>> had to be resized to show the Local Directory.
>>
>> I have now pointed this to the xp partition and tested it.  I am now 
>> able to see the and use the same mail folders in both xp and Ubuntu.  A 
>> much better solution than using symbolic links.
>>
>> Thanks to all and thanks to Alan for suggesting this
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Stephen
>>   
> Hi there,
> 
> Congratulations on figuring out how to do this! I just wanted to warn 
> you about one thing that can go wrong when editing files on the Win XP 
> drive from within Ubuntu. If you have System Restore monitoring the 
> drive where your email files reside, or any drive which you make changes 
> to from within Ubuntu while Windows is not running,, on the next boot 
> into Windows, System Restore will detect the changes, and you will lose 
> all of your restore points. This only applies if you change files of a 
> type which System Restore actually monitors, so it may not apply to your 
> mail files.
> 
> Just thought you might like to know that little fact. 8-)
> 
> Later, Ray Parrish
> 

Dear Ray

This is worth knowing as I have to maintain XP for my wife and I was 
using system restore for back up points.

I will bear this in mind

Thanks

Stephen