Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...

[jonas]

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:57:28 +0200
Kiffin Gish <kiffin at gish.demon.nl> wrote:

> I have a dual-boot laptop running on the one hand Windows XP (sorry)
> and on the other hand good old FreeBSD.
> 
> My question: is it possible to exchange data files between both both 
> operaing systems in an easy and efficient way?
> 
> For example, saving all my MP3s on a separate data partition and
> playing the same music despite which operating system I am using?
> 
> Thanks alot in advance.

hi!

freebsd can mount ntfs read only and with limited writing support
(see 'man mount_ntfs' for details. (should be enough for playing mp3s).
you can create a fat32 partition which freebsd and windows can read and
write, or a ext2fs partition and get a ext2fs driver for windows. i'm
not totally sure, but think freebsd can write ext2fs.

bye,
jonas