Re: sharing files.....

[Art Ross <aross donet com>]

viri- wrote:

 

If I wanted to share some files that I downloaded in windows and use them in Linux what would I do?  How would I do it?  Problems with a PCI modem won't let me get online though.  Thanks for any help 

ViRi- 

-- viri-, viri valveworld com on 03/24/2000 at 11:54:06 PM

If the Windows partition is on the same HD as Linux simply mount the Windows
partition when you boot Linux.  This makes the everything in Windows
available to Linux.  If the Windows installation is on another computer,
you could accomplish this using Samba but a straight forward method would
be to save the files to a removable media, (floppy or zip).  These
media are readable within Linux after mounting them.  I believe the
mount command would be:
            
$ mount -t vfat /dev/partition /mnt/something
The "partition" will be the partition of the removable media or the
Windows partition.  For a floppy, it will be /dev/fd0.  For a
IDE zip, I use /dev/hdb4.  For the Windows partition, it will vary
for each machine.  If Windows holds the first partition on the master
HD, it will be /dev/hda1.
  I hope these suggestions will serve some use.
  Best regards,
  Art Ross