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how can i read my ubuntu drive under windows 9x

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Posted 02 July 2009 - 07:52 AM

hey guys
just wounding how can i still use my ubuntu drive under windows me
i like to have some thing like fs-driver(only works on nt platforms) mabye theres a older fs driver for win me

or should i just reformat ubuntu in fat32 ? can you guys tell me how to get my updates files
as the update files were over 100mb

or should i parition the 20 gb ubuntu drive so there be 4 gb (whats the lowest gb i should go ?) left for ubuntu and then parition the other space into 16gb and format it in fat32 so both OS can use the 16gb drive as space ?
can you guys tell me how i would do that ?

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Posted 02 July 2009 - 11:58 AM

I would recommend making a shared FAT partition. The lowest I would go for the Ubuntu partition is 10GB, just to be safe.
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Posted 02 July 2009 - 12:35 PM

Its hard to access ext3 Linux partition from Windows Me, so why not access Windows fat32 partition from within Ubuntu ?
Ubuntu can access Fat16/32, NTFS and others.
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Posted 02 July 2009 - 02:13 PM

View PostRomeo29, on Jul 2 2009, 01:35 PM, said:

Its hard to access ext3 Linux partition from Windows Me

It's hard to access FAT from Windows Me :thumbsup:

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Posted 02 July 2009 - 02:18 PM

Try http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs .
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Posted 02 July 2009 - 11:07 PM

View Postdebtboy, on Jul 3 2009, 06:13 AM, said:

View PostRomeo29, on Jul 2 2009, 01:35 PM, said:

Its hard to access ext3 Linux partition from Windows Me

It's hard to access FAT from Windows Me :thumbsup:




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Posted 02 July 2009 - 11:52 PM

View Poststarcraftmaster, on Jul 2 2009, 09:07 PM, said:

windows me is the best

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Posted 03 July 2009 - 05:09 AM

View PostAmazing Andrew, on Jul 3 2009, 02:52 PM, said:

View Poststarcraftmaster, on Jul 2 2009, 09:07 PM, said:

windows me is the best

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what ?

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Posted 03 July 2009 - 11:52 AM

A joke. A bad one, it seems. :thumbsup:
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Posted 04 July 2009 - 12:47 AM

View PostAmazing Andrew, on Jul 4 2009, 03:52 AM, said:

A joke. A bad one, it seems. :thumbsup:


nah its a good one
just took a minute to work out
i was almost asleep lol

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