Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, DeHydr8 dailey wrote:
>
> > I just downloaded a tar.gz file to my C:\ but need to place it in
> > /usr/local. how can i do this if i can't even see were i installed linux and
> > the directories. is there a win95 that can show me the files on another
> > partition so i can see my linux directory. sorry this is old school for you
> > all.
>
> Windows is far too stupid to let you access other OS partitions. It works
> the other way though:
> Mount your Windows partition in Linux (usually by doing something like
> mkdir /mnt/sucking-os && mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/sucking-os) and copy
> the file over (cp /mnt/sucking-os/your.tar.gz /usr/local).
>
> LLaP
> bero
>
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I do like the sucking-os analogy. I write Windows software but I use Linux for
my personal use. I just wish Linux had a better font display.
David
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