Re: Transfering files from dos to Linux

[Bill Hamilton <billh finsco com>]

you can copy it directly if you mount the dos partition - something
like:
mkdir /mnt/msdos   ; if /mnt/msdos does not exist
mount -t msdos /hda0 /mnt/msdos
cp /mnt/msdos/dospathtothefile .  ;assuming you cd to the target dir

hda0 may by sda0 or whatever.

you can vi /etc/fstab to make it mount the dos partition when you
boot if desired and make it read only, too.

type "mount" to see what is mounted.
type mount -h for help ( or man mount)