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Hey guys, so I just set up my dual boot MS XP and Ubuntu operating systems on a single drive. Took a little work, but looks like it's all finished. ...
  1. 10-03-2007 #1
    greenneub
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    File Sharing in Ubuntu???

    Hey guys, so I just set up my dual boot MS XP and Ubuntu operating systems on a single drive. Took a little work, but looks like it's all finished. I was just wondering, after reading all the posts and docs about Linux being more secure, no spyware, near to no viruses, etc. what is the security like on a dual boot computer like I have. I thought the two OSs were totally separate, but when I go into Ubuntu, it looks like the Local Disk drive (on the Gnome desktop) shares files with the XP operating system??? Does this mean that all the crap that windows is susceptible to can still be transferred through my Ubuntu OS into the XP OS??? If so, is there a way I can disable file sharing to make two totally separate OSs??? I've got Ubuntu 7.04 and XP Home Edition SP2 if that helps.
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    Hi! Welcome!

    Can you edit /etc/fstab so that it doesn't mention your Windows partition anymore? You need root permission and know which /dev your Windows partition is.

    It's very easy to explain several easy ways to do these things, but I've just made a long post and it's very late already. So I'm one of those guys that answers new users in jargon. Sorry.


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    Umm, sorry i don't really know what you mean. Can you be a little more detailed???
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    Open a terminal
    gksudo /etc/fstab
    Put a # symbol in front of every line that contain NTFS
    Save the file

    That's all

    Reboot, or manually unmount the partitions

    Everything assuming your FS on XP is NTFS
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