Re: Newbie problems galore
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:16, listcomm@ml1.net wrote:
> > I need to pass things back-and-forth between Linux and Windoze. I
> > see references to VFAT FS on the web site, but for the life of me, I
> > can't find a trace of the software. It's really bad to have to play
> > games with tar at both sides of the route in order not to munge up the
> > "magic" pathnames. PLEASE don't tell me that the evil beast of Redmond
> > has buried VFAT under a patent claim!! If not, please, where can I find
> > it?
>
> When I installed "woody" from the CDs, during the partitioning and
> mounting
> process of the first part of the install, the install found the
> Windows partitions. It was then possible to identify them as VFAT file
> systems
> during the next phase of the install, and the install then generated the
> correct
> mtab or fstab or whatever it is this week entries for them and I had
> access
> to my Gatesware "drives" the outset. (I was impressed.)
>
> I still haven't figured out how to make the Linux data visible from
> within
> Windoze, other than scribbling files from Linux onto one of the
> VFAT-mounted
> drives.
Explore2fs is a very nice little Windows app that reads ext2 file systems.
(And the penguin icon looks real neat on a Windoze desktop ;)
cr
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