Sharing my computer at work between Windows and Linux.

[Daan]

Hi. At my new job, I need Windows, because my boss bought me 2000 euro license for the Windows version of Matlab.
However, I can use Linux if I'm not using Matlab, so I plan to install it alongside Windows.

What file system should I use for the "/home" partition that I wil be working with from both OS's?

Ntfs is not good for linux to write to, but ext2/3 can be written by Windows with some application.

Would ext2 or 3 be a good option?

[smolloy]

Hi there,
I'm not sure how smoothly it would work to have /home read+writeable from both OS's. I think it would be better to create a separate partition solely for the purpose of sharing files between windows and linux. This could be as large as you want, and could be used as the main storage area for your work. It would be given a drive letter (e.g. D) in windows, and you could edit fstab in linux to mount it somewhere smart (e.g. /mnt/windows/D).

I think FAT32 is probably the best file system to use for this, as Windows and linux can both write to it quite safely.

Hope this helps.

[Daan]

Thanks, that was helpful. I'll use FAT32 at a separate partition.