On Sunday 17 June 2007 01:13, G T Smith wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
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The concept of having a Linux on the same File System as Windows is not new (it used to be an option with some distros). However where you start hitting issues is with fundamental incompatibilities in how the two OSs describe files and some basic file formats. For instance in Open Office and Eclipse one needs two distinct environments to work on documents or projects and NTFS has a very different security mechanism to Linux, I think in attempting to create simplicity one well may be in fact creating much unneeded complexity.
Windows software tends to assume text files (e.g.) are in its format. Much Linux software tolerates any of the three extant formats. Binary file formats aren't likely to vary and are usually specific to one OS or the other (exectuables, e.g.) and aren't going to be used by the OS that's not active. The NTFS security model subsume that required by Unix, does it not? However, I took a quick look at the NTFS-3G site, and I noticed that it said FUSE was required. If it's not a kernel-mode file system implementation, then it doesn't seem likely one could use it for the root file system—there'd be a chicken-and-egg problem (also known as a bootstrapping problem...) being able to access the root file system. Simple or complex, I don't think it would go beyond being a curiosity for me. It would still be a dual-boot solution, and I don't need that—I require concurrent access, which is why I use VMware. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org