help, file system (yes zaz and madman should read this :P)

i posted in here coz madman isnt brave enough to venture into off topic




is there a linux or windows tool what i can use to move files from windows to linux? i was using partition magic 8 and when i booted linux the kernal paniked about no mount points

i cant use floppys because its 50mb and i cant use cds because, i have none left

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From shell, try "mount -t vfat" to your Windows drive with FAT16 or FAT32 file system. For NTFS file system, I dunno, maybe not supported. Linux didn't care with what MS did with NTFS anyway.

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In reality, doesn't matter who's right but most important is who's left.

k, so

mount -t vfat /dev/hda3 /mnt/dos


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how do i unmount

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Turn-off your computer and unplug your HD. Hehehe...

Not all distros support vFAT mounting. Linux kernel need to be patched. To ensure, visit this website about the patch project.

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In reality, doesn't matter who's right but most important is who's left.

this is confusing all i want is 3 files :D

btw, i installed mandrake 9 instead and its better then redhat imo

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Check if your Redhat or Mandrake has support vFAT as well as NTFS. It should done in newest distro. Just try to plug your vFAT/NTFS (for NTFS, be sure not a system boot drive). Hope Linux had already recoqnize them. If not, you need get back with shell commands.

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In reality, doesn't matter who's right but most important is who's left.

do you know vmware? it's a program for windows/linux to create a virtual pc inside your pc. you can install it under winxp and create a linux virtual pc
you can use as linux boot disk your linux partition on the hd or create a virtual partition in a file and install linux on it (this is what i do)
then start an ftp server on your virtual linux and u/l d/l files with an ftp client under windows. you can use samba to mount the linux partition under win too but it's a bit complicated. if you need moving only few files the ftp server solution is better
vmware costs a lot but there's a trial version wich is free

bye

Otherwise, using Linux for Windows?

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In reality, doesn't matter who's right but most important is who's left.

hehe, linux mounted all my partitions (fat32 and ntfs) on boot


but half life wont run in wine :s it doesnt know the cd is actually in the drive and it is the right cd

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I never play half life, but you can find info on usenet about this kind of stuff
news:comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
yeah i'm a bit late with responding



Post Edited (09-11-03 03:41)

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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy

yep, ure too slow

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