*** Reply to message from Doug McGarrett
(It would be useful to be able to access the Linux system files from Win XP, on the NTFS, if that can be done, and even more so, the reverse--i.e., access NTFS files from Linux.)
I think that would be a very bad idea , if Xp could access the system files.. ordinary data might be another subject, but allowing Xp to even realize there is another non MS OS on the drive could make for serious problems. It's one reason most folks use the Linux boot manager do that job.. it keeps windows from realizing there is any other Non Microsoft OS around. I seem to remember a program on Leo a long time ago ( 4-5 years?) that would allow you to see your linux partition and read the data from Windows, but it wasn't really intended as a windows program, more a "helper" from another country, as it were. (G) -- j -- nemo me impune lacessit it's just an afterthought; okay ? : Woltman's Law: Never program and drink beer at the same time.