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Thankyou
Rod O'Brien

While in a command shell try 'man mount' check out the -t option.

mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/windoze  is what i use. the -t or type comand has
many 'file' types that can be mount in your file system you need to know what
type of fat system you want to mount. IDE disk drives are use different device
special file types i.e. _not_ sda1 etc type 'df' to see the file system your
system has been configured for.

Cheers,
Stephen Ashley,
Alice Springs,
Out Back Oz.

mount -t vfat /dev/hdax /mnt

where hdax is your Win98 partition such as hda1, hda2, hda3 etc. If
you're not sure what the Win98 partition is, typing this command:

fdisk -l  (the -l is a lower case L  - not a one)

will display all your partitions which may help you determine which it
is.

Once mounted, you will have access to the Win98 partition in the /mnt
directory. From there you can use the cp command to copy files, or use a
file manager such as Midnight Commander, Tkdesk etc

I used /mnt as the mount point because that directory will already exist
on your machine. There's nothing to stop you from creating a new
directory such as /win98 or whatever, and mounting the partition there.

Tom

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Quote:> I have Win98 on one partition and Linux on the other partition.  I have
some
> files on Win98 that I want to copy to the Linux partition.  What commands
do
> I need to do this?

     * 3.2 How do I access files on my DOS partition or floppy?

jue
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Jrgen Exner

Quote:> I have Win98 on one partition and Linux on the other partition.  I have
some
> files on Win98 that I want to copy to the Linux partition.  What commands
do
> I need to do this?

     * 3.2 How do I access files on my DOS partition or floppy?

jue
--
Jrgen Exner