[97202] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Transferring files from one partition to another
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Stearns)
Sun Nov 1 21:04:13 1998
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 21:07:31 -0500 (EST)
From: William Stearns <wstearns@pobox.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
cc: John L Meyer <john_meyer@geocities.com>
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Good day, John,
On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, John L Meyer wrote:
> hi, I'm trying to download the latest version of XFree86 and I'm using Win
> 95 (havn't configured my computer to connect to my ISP through Linux).
> Anyways, how do I transfer the files from my DOS partition to my linux
> partition, and where to I put the files once I'm done with them (RedHat 5.0,
> version Hurricane)
Once the files are on your Windows 95 partition, reboot into
Linux. Log in as root, and try the following (I'm assuming that /dev/hda3
is your W95 partition):
mkdir /mnt/win-c
mount -t vfat /dev/hda3 /mnt/win-c # see below
[Your W95 C drive will show up under /mnt/win-c; copy or move files as
needed]
umount /mnt/win-c
If you're cautious about this, as I certainly was the first time I
tried it, add -r just before the "-t vfat"; this will mount your
C drive read-only so you can see and copy the files, but can't delete
anything or add new content. Once you're comfortable, you can mount it
without the "-r", allowing you full access to the entire drive.
If you use the control-panel to edit /etc/fstab, you can put a
permanent entry in fstab so that to mount the drive all you have to do is
type "mount /mnt/win-c".
I usually put new tars or rpm's under /usr/src/source (you'll have
to create it). If you have to compile something (for example,
goober-1.0.7), put it in a new directory under /usr/src, like
/usr/src/goober-1.0.7/ .
Cheers,
- Bill
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