[xubuntu-users] Installing XU in monopolized disk

[Jim Campbell]

The Ext3 windows driver does have some limitations, though . . .

>From the website ( http://www.fs-driver.org/faq.html#acc_right_limit ):

"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


On 3/20/07, Joshua Gardner <mellowcellofellow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> On 3/20/07, Adam Miller <maxamillion at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > On 3/20/07, João Santiago <exalowprofile at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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?
> > >
> > > On 3/19/07, Joshua Gardner <mellowcellofellow at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > In that setup, make /home a FAT32 FS, and you forgot xubuntu swap.
> > > >
> > > > Josh
> > > >
> > > > On 3/19/07, João Santiago <exalowprofile at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > 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?
> > > > >
> > > > > On 3/19/07, Vincent < imnotb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 19/03/07, Daniel Bodanske < daengbo at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 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 < maxamillion at gmail.com> 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 <exalowprofile at gmail.com> 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)
> > > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > 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. Though you
> > > > > > might still want to wait for Feisty because it can import you Windows
> > > > > > settings.
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