sharing data between LINUX and windows on a dual boot ?

[samba]

How do I share data between LINUX and windows on my laptop. Well, data is any flat files etc.. I am using SUSE 9.1 and Windows XP.
1. Do I need to create a FAT32 partition that can be seen by both ?
2. SUSE looks like it can see NTFS partition. Can it read files from it?

Also where can I get ATI driver (9600) for SUSE 9.1 ?

Thanks

[stgreek]

First of all, what partition have you got windows in? If it is FAT32, Linux can read and write it perfectly fine, so you should be OK. If it is NTFS, it is better to create a "Data" FAT32 partition which both OS can see, since NTFS writing from Linux is considered experimental and dangerous (read-only is fine). I believe that you should be able to get Ati's binary drivers from Suse's update tool (I think it uses apt-get), you can also find them in Ati's support page.

Stavros

[ohman]

How do I share data between LINUX and windows on my laptop. Well, data is any flat files etc.. I am using SUSE 9.1 and Windows XP.
1. Do I need to create a FAT32 partition that can be seen by both ?
2. SUSE looks like it can see NTFS partition. Can it read files from it?

Also where can I get ATI driver (9600) for SUSE 9.1 ?

Thanks

Fat32 has full support under linux, so what you can do is mkdir in / called osshare or something and edit /etc/fstab to point it to proper partition (this is how I have mine set up). Don't try to write NTFS unless you don't care about your data.

You should be able to use YaST to update the ati driver.