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Is it Safe to write to linux Partition from Windows?
I do tasks some of which require Windows while some require Ubuntu and thus I sometime need to access linux from windows, though the reverse is easily possible.
So, I searched in google and got an ...
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2answers
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Can I use partitions made by Windows 7 in Linux?
I am planning to leave Windows and get to Linux (yet do not know which one, but it is not the question).
I was using Windows 7, I have 2 partitions (C:198 GB, D:488 GB). And I have a lot of documents ...
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File system compatible with all OSes?
I use Linux and Mac OS X on a regular basis, and sometimes I have to use Windows. I need to use a flash drive on all three, and I need a filesystem that will work well on all of them. None of the ...
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How can I access (including read and write) a linux file system from a windows machine on the same network [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to share files between Linux and Windows?
I have a Linux virtual machine (Hyper-V) acting as a web server on my network. I would prefer to browse it's file system ...
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0answers
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Unable to access Linux share from a Windows machine with NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME error
On the Linux machine I changed the smb.conf like this:
[john]
path = /root/john/downloads
available = yes
valid users = john
read only = no
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
The path ...
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1answer
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What is Linux doing differently that allows me to remove/replace files where Windows would complain the file is currently in use?
The example I have is Minecraft. When running Bukkit on Linux I can remove or update the .jar files in the /plugins folder and simply run the 'reload' command.
In Windows, I have to take the whole ...
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3answers
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Linux and Windows compatible home drive
I want to have a singular home drive for both my Win7 and Arch partitions, so I initially set the partition to NTFS, as so:
5gb /
20gb C:
475gb /home + D:
which worked up until I started ...
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2answers
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Mount Windows phone as a removable device
I know that the Zune software doesn't work with Linux of any kind, but I found a guide here that shows how to change regedit in Windows to use the phone as a removable device with direct access to the ...
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1answer
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When is exFAT coming to Linux? [closed]
It seems that exFAT is to be the next standard filesystem for removable media. The problem is, it is designed by Microsoft and made proprietary. However, it is the standard FS for the upcoming SDXC ...
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3answers
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Safest HardDrive Format for Archiving/Media Storage Data?
What is the safest hard drive format (NTFS, HFS+, XFS, ZFS, ...) for archiving or/and storing media (data)? I'd prefer to have the data not corrupt and be relatively safe (From corruption, ...) and ...
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2answers
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Allowing user to read only parts of NTFS filesystem
After installing ntfs-3g I have an option in nautilus to mount a Windows directory but I need to give root password. While I have no objection to giving root password I would prefer to be restricted ...
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1answer
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Make samba follow symlink outside share
This is ubuntu server 10.04 64 and samba 3.4.7
I have a shared directory /home/mit/share and another one /home/temp that I link into the shared one:
ln -s /home/temp /home/mit/share/temp
But on ...
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2answers
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Mount windows Users directory as /home in linux virtual machine
I'm setting up a laptop for a friend and I'm going to put linux on it in a virtual machine and I want to make it as seamless as possible. I've mounted the \Users\Username directory in a VM before and ...
