this is obsolete doc -- see http://doc.nethence.com/ instead

Linux - Windows happy happy 

multiboot, ntfs-3g, midnight commander mp 

Multiboot 

Assuming grub2, 

vi /boot/grub/grub.cfg

add, 

menuentry Windows {

        set root=(hd1,1)

        drivemap -s hd0 hd1

        chainloader +1

}

Note. -s makes it work in both ways, it switches hd0 to hd1 and the other way around too 

ntfs-3g 

Fetch, compile and install it, 

wget http://tuxera.com/opensource/ntfs-3g-2011.1.15.tgz

tar xzf ntfs-3g-2011.1.15.tgz

cd ntfs-3g-2011.1.15/

./configure && make && make install

Use it, 

cd /mnt/

mkdir -p c

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 c/

Configure it, 

vi /etc/fstab

add, 

/dev/sdb1 /mnt/c ntfs-3g defaults 0 0

ref http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/ 

Midnight Commander MP 

Note. mcmp is just lighter than mc, of course I prefer it! 

Fetch (http://mc.linuxinside.com/cgi-bin/dir.cgi), compile and install, 

wget "http://mc.linuxinside.com/cgi-bin/dir.cgi?redirect=mc-4.1.40-pre9.tar.gz&dir=Releases"

tar xzf mc-4.1.40-pre9.tar.gz

cd mc-4.1.40-pre9/

vi mc.configure

change, 

--prefix=/usr/local

proceed, 

./mc.configure

make && make install