Paul and all,
Thanks for the info. With your info about mounting the the 98 partition via
fstab I was able to job my memory about how to mount the FAT32 partition. I was
trying the mount command with -t msdos and not -t vfat. It worked great. Now
I'll move my necessary files and begin the reinstall. I think it ought to work
fine, I forgot that the installation gives you the option to wipe the existing
partition.
Thanks alot. You've been a big help.
-Steve
Paul Garcia wrote:
> depending on the type of partition your win98 installation is using. i know
> from experience that FAT16 works, but unsure of FAT32.
>
> you could try this...
>
> create a directory in /mnt, say /mnt/win98
>
> then edit /etc/fstab to include a line such as:
>
> /dev/hda1 /mnt/win98 vfat defaults 0 0
>
> this will mount the partition hda1. navigate to /mnt/win98 and you will see
> the file structure of the respective windows drive. the vfat allows for
> long file name capabilities.
>
> as far as wiping the partition that you had previously installed linux, you
> should be able to do this during your linux install. just delete and then
> reset the partition when this portion of the install presents itself. this
> is assuming that you do not go with a 'default' install of workstation or
> server.
>
> good luck
>
> ] -----Original Message-----
> ] From: Steven Ackerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> ] Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 3:31 PM
> ] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ] Subject: Uninstall/reinstall RH 6.1
> ]
> ]
> ] Greetings,
> ]
> ] I have Red Hat 6.1 installed on my machine. I installed it after I had
> ] installed Windows 98 and it successfully partitioned my hard drive and
> ] installed linux. Now I can boot to Windows 98 or Red Hat 6.1.
> ]
> ] I had my machine connected to the internet via a dedicated ppp
> ] connection. I got hacked. I would like to move some files to my win98
> ] partition. Specifically three netscape profiles, root, user1 and user2
> ] (this would include my "bookmarks", mail, and subfolders with saved
> ] mail, all this is e-mail recieved w/ Netscape Messenger). I would also
> ] like to move some files that I downloaded. I know how to move them as
> ] long as I can successfully mount my msdos partition.
> ]
> ] So my first question is: How to I mount my msdos partition?
> ]
> ] My second question is: How do I then wipe and reinstall Linux without
> ] deleting my existing msdos partition?
> ]
> ] Thanks in advance.
> ]
> ] Steve
> ]
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