my computer is used almost exclusively by myself. about giving letters to linux root partition... well i never made it so I'm a bit in the dark but already searching for info <div>On 3/20/07, Jim Campbell <<a href="mailto:jwcampbell@gmail.com">jwcampbell@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> The Ext3 windows driver does have some limitations, though . . . From the website ( <a href="http://www.fs-driver.org/faq.html#acc_right_limit" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://www.fs-driver.org/faq.html#acc_right_limit</a> ): "The current version of the Ext2 file system driver does not maintain access rights. All users can access all the Ext2 volumes that a drive letter is created for. For example, if a drive letter has been created for an Ext2 volume, which is the root volume of a Linux installation, you can simply read and modify files such as /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. User names are readable and passwords of these users can be quite easily cracked and modified! Therefore the current Ext2 file system driver does not fit for installations which require restrictive rights policies. It should be sufficient for your computer at home, which is used by one or a few users only. Furthermore, you should create drive letters for a root volume of a Linux installation only if you know exactly what you are doing."Jim<div> <div>On 3/20/07, Joshua Gardner <<a href="mailto:mellowcellofellow@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> mellowcellofellow@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Actually, if you want good interoperability, make /home ext3 and install the ext3 driver for windows. I don't have XP here so I sort of forgot that that was an option. So, partitioning could look like this: NTFS WinXP partition, Ext3 Xubuntu / partition, Ext2 Xubuntu /home partititon (put this as Documents and Settings in WinXP somehow), swap partition. -Josh<div> <div>On 3/20/07, Adam Miller <<a href="mailto:maxamillion@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> maxamillion@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> You can read them, but not write to them .... you are actually able to write to them with the help of a third party library but I can't vouch for its stability. -Adam<div> <div>On 3/20/07, João Santiago <<a href="mailto:exalowprofile@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">exalowprofile@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> win ntfs, /home (why not ext3?), Xu ext3, swap I have another HD with lots of stuff but its NTFS, can i read those files from Xu?<div> <div>On 3/19/07, Joshua Gardner <<a href="mailto:mellowcellofellow@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mellowcellofellow@gmail.com </a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">In that setup, make /home a FAT32 FS, and you forgot xubuntu swap. Josh <div> <div>On 3/19/07, João Santiago <<a href="mailto:exalowprofile@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">exalowprofile@gmail.com </a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">What do you think about this scheme: Windows NTFS, /home partition, xubuntu Ext3 btw: Ubuntu can't write to NTFS partitions right? but it can read them, does that mean that i can, for instance, open, from within xubuntu, a movie file located in the NTFS partition? <div> <div>On 3/19/07, Vincent <<a href="mailto:imnotb@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> imnotb@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <div>On 19/03/07, Daniel Bodanske <<a href="mailto:daengbo@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> daengbo@gmail.com </a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">If you can wait until next month's release, the installer will also have the option of installing to your windows partition, guaranteeing no data loss since the Xubuntu system will just be a disk image file in your old partition. Dan On 3/19/07, Adam Miller <<a href="mailto:maxamillion@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> maxamillion@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Defragment your windows partition and then run the Xubuntu live cd, there is > an option for partition resizing during the installation. > > -Adam > > On 3/18/07, João Santiago <<a href="mailto:exalowprofile@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">exalowprofile@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > I want to install XU or Ubuntu in my pc but the disk (in raid0) has only > one partition that occupies the hole disk. > > > > I want to keep my Windows partition and Data and install Xu. How should i > proceed to avoid data loss? (i already made a backup) > > > > -- > > xubuntu-users mailing list > > <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users </a> > > > > > > > > -- > -=:max:=- > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> > > -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users </a> </blockquote></div> </div>I don't think you want to do that (already), especially not because perhaps you'd later still want it on a separate partition, but also because it is relatively new. I'd go for partition resizing. 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