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Strange Ubuntu/Vista Compatibility Bug, Solved

Posted by timothy on from the love-it-when-a-plan-comes-together dept.

Walter Vos writes "Since I've been running Vista and Ubuntu in dual boot with a shared FAT32 partition for my personal folders, I've been seeing some strange compatibility issues between these two operating systems. Somehow Vista locks the folders on the FAT32 partition that are used for folders like Documents, Downloads, etc. A blogpost I wrote gives a detailed description of the problem and a fix for it."

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  1. Mod parent down - it's not true! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It actually cannot suck dick. That's my main issue with it. I downloaded and installed Ubuntu with the full expectation of some dick sucking and it never came to pass. What the fuck is that about? You, sir, are a liar and a fraud.

    1. Re:Mod parent down - it's not true! by teh+moges · · Score: 3, Funny

      Ubuntu can easily handle a FAT16, but has trouble handling a FAT32. It needs more practice I suppose.

    2. Re:Mod parent down - it's not true! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, at least it doesn't fuck you in the ass like Vista does.

  2. Re:FAT32 by duckInferno · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stay away from FATMAN239. It nuked my hard drive.

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  3. Damn by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    For a moment there I thought somebody had fixed Ubuntu bug one.

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  4. oh my god. by nawcom · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Effectiveness of the Ubuntu Forums

    (The link this person gives in his blog post)

    I swear to christ, reading that page made me want to kill a kitten.

  5. Re:Linux newbie finds FAT32 file perms don't work. by jamie · · Score: 5, Funny

    either timothy never used a Linux distro and thinks this is newsworthy, or this is the slowest news day ever

    Timothy was last seen putting Ubuntu on an XO. He's been using Linux at least since I met him in 1999.

    It's August, every day is a slow news day :)

  6. Re:As my grandmother used to say by Your.Master · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nor has she ever gone outside in her life.

  7. Re:As my grandmother used to say by SeekerDarksteel · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let's just make it red, blue, AND green should never been seen.

    Hey, did it just get awfully dark in here?

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  8. Re:FAT32 by phantomfive · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, google is good. I just did a search to find out exactly what fatman239 is, and the only thing that came up in the results was your post.

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