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Re:Installing Windows and Linux into the same partition by captn3m0 on Saturday November 20, 2021 @01:34PM (#29290619)
I did this as well, and consider it to be my "weirdest" linux install as well. I documented it on AskUbuntu[0] and followed these instructions[1] - they involve creating a fake disk image using the VBoxManage cli. The reason I had to do this was also because of the "no-external-media-to-install-Linux" challenge. WUBI[2] used to be a solution for this, but it had it's own challenges (and was only Ubuntu iirc) and was discontinued (much after I used this trick)

Another interesting cross-OS trick is folks who use a shared NTFS drive to maintain a common Steam library between Windows and Linux. I did this for a while before I switched completely to Linux, but it's still fairly common.

[0]: https://askubuntu.com/a/47122/11736

[1]: https://www.sysprobs.com/access-physical-disk-virtualbox-des...

[2]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wubi

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Re:Installing Windows and Linux into the same partition by samtheprogram on Saturday November 20, 2021 @02:28PM (#29291073)
Recently I tried sharing a Steam library between Windows and Linux. Sadly, Proton does not support FAT32 so if your goal is to run those games under Proton you will be disappointed.
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Re:Installing Windows and Linux into the same partition by Tsiklon on Saturday November 20, 2021 @03:41PM (#29291655)
Honestly, given it's limitations (4GB Max Filesize & no journaling) FAT32 should not be used for anything aside from low capacity removable storage (or a purpose which is not frequently read from/written to).

If you're sharing a library between Windows and Linux, NTFS should be your way forward, especially given the improved native R/W NTFS (NTFS3) driver that is present in newer Linux kernels (5.15+). exFAT is a marked improvement over FAT32 (no realworld filesize limit) but NTFS will probably be the least painful choice longer term (given the journaling capability).

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Re:Installing Windows and Linux into the same partition by samtheprogram on Saturday November 20, 2021 @03:53PM (#29291744)
FWIW I technically use exFat, my mistake.

Either way, NTFS isn’t supported by Proton and I’m still on 5.14; 5.15 was only released on Halloween 3 weeks ago and isn’t in most distributions/repositories yet or nearly as battle-tested. However I am excited to get my hands on the better NTFS support.

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Re:Installing Windows and Linux into the same partition by Tsiklon on Saturday November 20, 2021 @04:28PM (#29292007)
You're completely correct - my apologies for that, Things certainly are looking up though.
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