easiest way is to format the drive FAT32 under windows and then mount it under linux as fstype VFAT. I trust linux to be able to handle a windows created partition rather than hoping windows will handle a VFAT partiton that was *created* under linux. At 09:53 AM 3/29/01 -0500, you wrote: > >So ive got my new 40G HD for mostly for growing and conslidating my mp3 >collections... I want to set it up so that i can pull it out of my linux >box at work and drop it into a crappy windoze box that i have at home and >be able to access my mp3 stash that i gather at work (2-T1's) at home. > >I have heard a few different oponions on how to do this... use NTFS, but >my may have problems writing... use Fat16 so both can access it, no use >fat32... How is everyone here seting up their drives to access it from >both windoze and linux? > >thanks > > >_______________________________________________ >tclug-list mailing list >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >