Re: [newbie] Opening Windows Files

[Rick Murphy]

On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> > Can someone please explain how to mount the fat partition from Linux so that I
> > can access all of those office files while running Linux. Or do I just need to
> > copy them to disk and open them in SO? Thanks
> >
> mount -t vfat /dev/hdax /mnt/dos (replace hdax with the
> device where your DOS partition is.)
> That SHOULD work.
>       John

Mandrake just announced that the new version will have a windows icon on the
desktop.  Does anyone have any idea how this will work or what it will  do?

Rick "mulerider" Murphy

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