vijmal Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I just got my 20" iMac and installed WinXP using Bootcamp. I wanted to know if there is anyway to have a shared drive so that I can keep all my picutres/music/data etc shared between the OS's ? Currently I have 100G for Win and the rest for Mac OS thanks for all your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmk Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Just create a FAT32 partition. Both Windows and MacOSX can read/write FAT32. EDIT: downsides: you cannot have files >4GB on it (so no DVD images). Also, don't do it like 100GB partition FAT32 works better with smaller sizes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vijmal Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 I am new to macs hence these (stupid) questions: 1. can i create a partition without reinstalling the current set up? 2. do i create the partition from win or mac (any tools pl or just plain old fdisk ) 3. can this fat32 partition be of any lenght ? or just 32 G? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vijmal Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 Just create a FAT32 partition. Both Windows and MacOSX can read/write FAT32. EDIT: downsides: you cannot have files >4GB on it (so no DVD images). Also, don't do it like 100GB partition FAT32 works better with smaller sizes. the 100G is not FAT it is NTFS. I plan to use 50 for NTFS and 50 for FAT to share the data. The question now is how to do this given that I have both the OS's installed. don't want to rebuild the iMac (again!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmk Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Well ... I don't have a mac so I cannot test this, but maybe you can resize your NTFS partition (with something like PartitionMagic) and then create another partition from bootcamp and format it as FAT32. Or, you can delete the win partition and create 2 of them reinstall windows on one and format the other as fat32. Format the FAT32 partition from windows. Can someone with bootcamp please agree with what I say? (I never saw Bootcamp as I have a hktosh ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolishOX Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 You should just store the media u want to share in WINDOWS... THen in OSX make a shortcut to ur desktop of the media on the windows volume... Nice and simple... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vijmal Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 You should just store the media u want to share in WINDOWS... THen in OSX make a shortcut to ur desktop of the media on the windows volume... Nice and simple... OS X can't write to an NTFS partition (at least that is what I know) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolishOX Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 You didnt read what I said... Save all media to WINDOWS... Boot to OSX and make OSX shortcut to ur WINDOWS MEDIA FOLDER... This is 100% possible. Then in Windows use MACDRIVE to see ur OSX volume for bi-lateral file sharing on the same hdd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vijmal Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 You didnt read what I said... Save all media to WINDOWS... Boot to OSX and make OSX shortcut to ur WINDOWS MEDIA FOLDER... This is 100% possible. Then in Windows use MACDRIVE to see ur OSX volume for bi-lateral file sharing on the same hdd... If I get this correct I would not be able to WRITE using OSX right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmk Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Yes... NTFS is r/o on osx but he is suggesting to write on your mac partition and then use MacDrive in windows. MacDrive can read/write mac hfs+ partition. The only downside is that macDrive is not free. Also, some users reported that is pretty unstable (you MIGHT lose files). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtraa Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Just create a FAT32 partition. Both Windows and MacOSX can read/write FAT32. EDIT: downsides: you cannot have files >4GB on it (so no DVD images). Also, don't do it like 100GB partition FAT32 works better with smaller sizes. Afaik this limitation is only, if you set up a Fat32 partition with Windows. Microsoft built this limit in to feature their ntfs. so maybe there is a chance to store files larger than 4GB if you set up the Fat32 partition with diskutility. Just a thought, correct me if I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmk Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 i think you are wrong this is a limitation of the FAT32 filesystem, no matter what OS creates it. It exists in linux, windows, mac os, be it created with diskutility, fdisk, parted, or any other partitioner. FAT32 is the same on any os. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolishOX Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Just trust me... Collect all ur media to 1-2 files in WINDOWS. Make those 1-2 shortcuts to those folders inside of OSX for access. If you want Windows to "SEE" your OSX media files use MACDRIVE. If you need help obtaining it, PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtraa Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 i think you are wrong Yea, seems M$ made sure that it sucks 100% ... makes sense !%#$&§ Fat32 But... I have a nice one for you if you want to store DVD images on your Fat32 anyway: Just watch them directly from .rar archieves with vlc-player - without unpacking, thanks to this tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 this is a limitation of the FAT32 filesystem, no matter what OS creates it. It exists in linux, windows, mac os, be it created with diskutility, fdisk, parted, or any other partitioner.FAT32 is the same on any os. From the Wikipedia on the subject of File Allocation Table (FAT): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table The maximum possible size for a file on a FAT32 volume is 4 GiB minus 2 B Windows 2000 and Windows XP can read and write to FAT32 filesystems of any size, but the format program on these platforms can only create FAT32 filesystems up to 32 GB. So, don't use Windows to format your large partition (over 32 GB) to FAT32. Use a 3rd party utility to format large partitions to FAT32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vijmal Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 So, don't use Windows to format your large partition (over 32 GB) to FAT32. Use a 3rd party utility to format large partitions to FAT32. would PartitionMagic work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmk Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solaar Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 On a side note, there is NTFS write support available for Linux now. It's called ntfs-3g using fuse (in user space, not in the kernel). I've been testing it on a Ubuntu/M$ box for a while and it's quite reliable apart perhaps from the odd zip corruption. I've read somewhere that the developers are also working on an OSX version supposedly to be implemented in the 10.5 kernel. Soon come... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vijmal Posted October 18, 2006 Author Share Posted October 18, 2006 On a side note, there is NTFS write support available for Linux now. It's called ntfs-3g using fuse (in user space, not in the kernel). I've been testing it on a Ubuntu/M$ box for a while and it's quite reliable apart perhaps from the odd zip corruption. I've read somewhere that the developers are also working on an OSX version supposedly to be implemented in the 10.5 kernel. Soon come... This would be really great (and interesting!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schale01 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 On a side note, there is NTFS write support available for Linux now. It's called ntfs-3g using fuse (in user space, not in the kernel). I've been testing it on a Ubuntu/M$ box for a while and it's quite reliable apart perhaps from the odd zip corruption. I've read somewhere that the developers are also working on an OSX version supposedly to be implemented in the 10.5 kernel. Soon come... I'd toast my FAT32 partition if it were true. Oh please be True!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 On a side note, there is NTFS write support available for Linux now. It's called ntfs-3g using fuse (in user space, not in the kernel). I've been testing it on a Ubuntu/M$ box for a while and it's quite reliable apart perhaps from the odd zip corruption. I've read somewhere that the developers are also working on an OSX version supposedly to be implemented in the 10.5 kernel. Soon come... Since Boot Camp is going to be an actual feature of 10.5, this would be a logical addition to the system. It would be nice of them to throw in a copy of MacDrive (or develop their own, hopefully free, replacement for it) for the Windows side of things too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahem Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I used Boot Camp to install Windows XP, but cannot access Internet. I have tried the Mac Drivers CD I burned with Wizard but get nada, wired or wireless. I used Boot Camp to install Windows XP, but cannot access Internet. I have tried the Mac Drivers CD I burned with Wizard but get nada, wired or wireless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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