[Digikam-users] Fwd: Re: re NTFS and Wubi

[Photonoxx]

Sorry, I didn't notice I just answer to Rinus mail... So I forward the  
message on DK ML.

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Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:38:02 +0200

Hi Rinus,

I don't often run Virtualbox on a Windows host for using a Linux guest, I
mostly use the opposite : Windows guest in a linux Host, and as it's works
flawlessly both on my laptop and my desktop computer, I think it should be
sufficiently efficient in this case.

Anyway, I already try Linux guest on Windows Host, some times ago, but if
I remember well, in fact you're right, Virtualbox shared folder give me
some difficulties, but if I remember well to, a solution could be found in
making a windows shared folder (so not in Virtualbox settings, but by
using Windows folder option to share it on network workgroup).

After that, it should be possible to access it using samba without major
problem (by mount or by editing .etc/fstab using cifs filesystem, or by
using "connect to a server" tool with "Windows share" option (sorry if
it's not accurate name, it's a "from french" translated name)).

I hope it could works for you.

Le Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:59:10 +0200, sleepless <sleeplessregulus at hetnet.nl>
a écrit:

> Op 07-09-11 20:01, Photonoxx schreef:
>> Le Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:38:16 +0200, Paul Verizzo <paulv at paulv.net> a  
>> écrit:
>>
>>>
>>> "I think one of the advantages of Linux is that it plays well with
>>> others. Getting Windows to read ext3 HDD's is a pain, Linux will read
>>> anything."
>>>
>>> Ummmmm......it wasn't but a few years ago that NTFS was a complete  
>>> mystery to Linux. First, read capabilities, later, write. A major step  
>>> forward.
>>
>> 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...
>>
>> Traditional Linux Filesystems are mainly "opensourced", so it would be  
>> easy for Microsoft to support it, but it never does that.
>>
>> And now tell me where there's something wrong ?
>>
>>>
>>> "Hi Paul,
>>>
>>> Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience. First time I here  
>>> about WUBI. I understand it intalls Ubuntu under windows.
>>> Few questions:
>>> Does it give you a native ubuntu started from within windows, or does  
>>> it run on top of windows?
>>> Are your drives mounted or mountable as they are in native ubuntu?
>>> Does digikam run without trouble?
>>> Can you use existing db?
>>> Rinus"
>>>
>>> Hi, it runs native on NTFS as a dual boot. I appear to have been  
>>> confused (too many Linux installs lately!) about mounting my NTFS  
>>> partitions w/o issue. It shows my D:500_DATA perfectly, as is, in the  
>>> menu.
>>>
>>> However, my C:WINDOWS_OS partition doesn't. My error. It does show in  
>>> the Host folder of the Linux directories. However, I am so far unable  
>>> to get it to share with me, saying I don't own it. "OF COURSE I DO!!!  
>>> I own the computer, I'm the only one using it, blah blah!" :)
>>
>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>
> 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
>> -- Nicolas Boulesteix
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>> http://www.photonoxx.fr
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