On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
