Can Windows/Linux instances share an ebs volume?

Question

I have windows and linux amis. When windows and linux instances are started from these amis, can these two share same ebs volume? I did the following, created a new volume, attached this volume to running LINUX instance, put a test content into this volume. Now i want this test content to be available to a new WINDOWS instance. What should i do?

Answer 1

You can't have a single volume attached to more than one instance at a time, but you could move it between instances. If you want it to be read by Linux and Windows, it would need to be formatted with a file system that both operating systems understand.