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<pre wrap=""><!---->"Well, than you have at least access to your pictures. In my situation I
have usually no issues with moving my db around, just telling digikarc
where I left it.
If you want to try I can give more specific info. Probably no big deal
to put it on D."
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<blockquote>Yes, I could. Until this "glitch", I've had the databse
files tucked away in C:\Documents and Settings\....\name\application
data\digiKam Database.<br>
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<blockquote>Automatically included in Carbonite backup, and safely
separate from my data partition. <br>
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I'd like to get Wubi to see the C drive for repair purposes, too. I'll
fire it up later today perhaps and copy the instructions how to share
it. Perhaps someone can tell me what to do woth the info.<br>
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<pre wrap="">If you think with a minimum of honesty, you have to recognize it's not the
same thing to support a proprietary technology and an open one.
NTFS is a proprietary tech, so it's understandable it takes some times to
be supported by Linux...
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<blockquote>Absolutely! No problem understanding why it took some
years to unlock the secret codes. FAT, of course<br>
was known to all who wanted it. <br>
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Traditional Linux Filesystems are mainly "opensourced", so it would be
easy for Microsoft to support it, but it never does that. MS has no reason to support it.
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<blockquote>And now tell me where there's something wrong ? I was
only pointing out that the "playing nice" quality you attribute was
only recently attained. <br>
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<pre wrap="">I don't know Wubi, so I don't know how Wubi use partition, but NTFS
filesystem comport some information about owner and permission, so it's
not easy as with FAT32 filesystem, you may have some options to define if
you want to use NTFS.
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<blockquote>True that, but I think it has to do with Wubi running on
the what it identifies as the host partition. Presumably doesn't want
you<br>
messing with that. OTOH, it sure stops a Windows user dead in his/her
tracks from using files or data on the C partition. Safe, but not<br>
real bright. <br>
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In the other hand, I don't really understand what is the problem with
Virtualbox since the only thing you need is to set shared folders in
Virtualbox parameters and access them by network share on guest system.
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<blockquote>VB has the same issues of ownership and being able to
open and use the NTFS partitions. Can it be worked around? Yes, the VB<br>
PDF tells you how, as I mentioned. "All you need to do open
terminal........." and enter a whole lot of text. Jeeeeeez. As a friend<br>
used to say, "I just want to know what time it is, not how to build a
clock." I just want to use VB, not learn Linux just to <br>
do something that should have been built into the Guest Additions. How
often does one ever need to open the Command Line box in Windows to
enable something in an application? Answer: never. <br>
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Nicolas Boulesteix
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<pre wrap="">Hi photonoxx,
There are so many combinations of different virtual box versions, linux
versions, hardware and so on and so further that you can not assume that
if something works on system x it should do it necessarily on system y too.
If you think that there is one procedure for us all and say ,as some
others too, ?it?s easy?, well show us how, a lot of people have trouble
with it, maybe it could help if you give us a detailed instruction.
Doing as oracle virtual box says: ?mount -t vboxsf something somewhere?
does not result in an fully accessible drive. Maybe the makers of
VirtualBox have not a good understanding of Linux.
Rinus
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<blockquote>Exacto-mundo! Running Windows in a Linux VB is easy! Just
look at the difference in the PDF. Running a successful VB<br>
with Guest Additions with a Windows host and a Linux Guest is a
nightmare. Different instructions for each family of <br>
Linux, and the need for entering code into the terminal. <br>
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