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Using linux with 2 partitions, how do you do it and how do you organize your files? (self.linux)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by sarmale to c/[email protected]

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So recently tried zorin os and now im dual booting it with windows, and because of that I need a have NTFS partition between them. Now I have a 256gb windows partition, a 256 linux partition and a 1.7 Tb shared ntfs partition shared between them and I wonder how do you organize your files if you need to have them on another partition and cant use ~.

For programs they will always end up on / and I cant install them on another partition (dont know why) but what do you do for files? What folders do you have and where are they?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Don't use an NTFS partition?

You can use NTFS as read/write under Linux, it's just not absolutely safe to fix if you hitna corruption snag, which will almost inevitably happen.

You can also use any other filesystem that works on both Linux and Windows. Use FAT32 if you want to be super safe. I believe BTRFS works as well. There's lots of combinations, just look them up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have personal experience with BTRFS and Windows. And that experience is that it's roughly as stable/complete as NTFS is for Linux. 6 of one and a half dozen the other. I can't recommend either situation for guaranteed stability long term between systems if one really needs to swap between the OS's frequently while accessing all the same files.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

So use either and do ensure you make proper backups, with some reasonable history (retention policy)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I've found exFAT to be a bit smoother in operation, but really old devices dont care for it (SD cards).