RE: [aclug-L] Mounting Drive Partition?

["David Carmichael" <dec29111@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the replies!!

In reply to the replies:

Like I said in one of my first postings.. I am a Linux Newbe and just
learning totally on my own, so what might seem simply to you is 'French Pig
Latin' to me...

(1) I have not recompiled my Kernel.. Just got the hardware to working the
way that "I" think it should (modem, soundcard, 'NIC') so how does one tell
if the VFAT is being loaded? (Partition is not FAT32.. Read somewhere in a
magazine never to use FAT32 on a harddrive that has been partitioned.)

(2) Was really looking for some sort of 'TASK SWITCHER' between operating
systems.. I know that Linux will restart its Kernel with out the need to
'reboot' the hardware... Maybe the HOW TO when I get a chance to read it
will tell me more??

Again Thanks!

David E Carmichael


-----Original Message-----
From: aclug-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:aclug-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Jeff Schaller
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 2:25 PM
To: aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [aclug-L] Mounting Drive Partition?


On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, David Carmichael wrote:

> I know that there might be a how to out there.. if so please point
> me the right direction.. but.. my question(s) of the day is
> (are)...

try /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/{Loadlin*,Linux+Win95}

> (1) Since I am having troubles getting my Linux box {<SAMBA>) to
> work on my Win'98 network.. is there any way to mount the Win/Dos
> partition of this computer so that Linux can read and write files
> to this part of the harddrive?  <Then I can reboot the system and
> start Win'98 to transfer the files out to the rest of the network>

Make sure you have VFAT or FAT32 compiled into the kernel or as a
module, then simply:
   mount /dev/partition /mnt/point -t msdos
                                or -t vfat.

> (2) Is there a program for a Win'98 machine that will allow (at a
> click of an icon) for the Windows machine to shut down {Logoff}
> and Linux to load with out going through LILO? <And go back to
> Win'98 from LINUX??>

Loadlin ran from a DOS prompt, if I remember correctly.
Couple possibilities off the top of my head:
a) linux boot disk in floppy drive; Win -> shutdown -> reboot
   -- make sure BIOS has booting from floppy enabled
b) LILO; linux is default target; Win -> shutdown -> reboot
c) LILO; win95 is default target; Win -> shutdown -> reboot -> pick
   linux
d) See if loadlin will behave normally running in a Windows DOS
   window.


> (Third side question.. since I currently do not have cable modem..
> but thinking real hard about one... Can a Linux box connect to the
> WWW through a network hub to the cable modem that is plugged in to
> the same hub?)

I would think so, but haven't had personal experience with cable
modems.

-jeff
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