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Originally Posted by Gavin
Again, what is the point of a HD if you can't write to it? Firstly, all my work is there, which can't be updated. Secondly its where all my storage space is. I can only download upto the limit of my ext3 petition which is about 20 gig
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Well really dual boot - how dare you insult linux
and also if as you say all your primary data is on Windows then - just use windows
For me I used to dual boot years ago and also run into the same problems as you and others and really used the same methods to overcome these issues.
EG creating a massive shared fat32 partition (over the 32gig limit as imposed by windows
) but its not the solution.
Recently instead of dual boot I dual machine. 2 machines - linux, windows both on 24/7. Primary data is on linux with the windows machine being the slave what you see on the desktop of the windows machine are actually files from the linux box via a network share.
Both machines have there own monitor.
Single mouse and keyboard controls both machines via x2vnc or synergy.
Doubles you multitasking potential instantly