ext2 for OS X

David Bélanger mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
Thu, 25 Mar 2004 00:07:27 -0500


On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 11:13:32AM +0100, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> > What do you think if I share a home directory (ext2 partition)
> > between OS X and my Linuxes?
> 
> Bad idea.
> 
> If you intend to run Linux and Mac OS X simultaneously, you will only
> be able to write to your home directory from one of the two, since mol
> refuses write access to partitions that are already mounted writable.
> If you want to share data in this scenario, it's much better to use
> the virtual network that mol provides.
> 

Oups, I didn't thought about that...

I guess, I will share via NFS as before.

David

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