On Wed, 06 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> >%_ I'm trying to get X configured for Mandrake 6.1. I downloaded the Riva tnt2
>drivers for my card, but how
> do I get that file onto the hard drive that has all my linux partitions?
>(ethernet card - intel etherexpress 16, isn't
> working yet =( ) Will I be able to view the fat32 windows partitions w/ in
>linux, and be able to copy the file to my
> linux partition? If so, how do I go about mounting these devices...if that won't
>work, what do i do??
>
>
> Another newbie *sigh*
> Steve
>
>
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First, you NEED to lose the HTML!!!
Second, assuming you have the Linux box dual-booting
Windows/Linux, you can edit your FSTAB (AS ROOT) thusly:
/dev/hda1 /mnt/dos vfat defaults 0 0
This is, of course, assuming that your Windows is the first
partition. You can call the mount point (in this case
/mnt/dos) whatever you want...just be sure to create a
directory for that mount point ("mkdir /mnt/dos" as root
for this example.)
Now, assuming that the file you downloaded is an RPM file,
you would install it with rpm -i <filename>. If it's a tar,
tar.gz, or tgz file, you'll have to unpack it first and
then install it. How you do that depends on each individual
file. I suggest creating a temporary "junk" directory.
Then, from that directory, if it's a tar.gz or tgz file,
type "tar xzvf /path/to/file.tar.gz" replacing
"path/to/file.tar.gz" with the actual path and filename
(i.e. /home/steve/ would be the path, and the filename
would be the "tar.gz" or whatever.)
If it's just a tar, leave off the "z" in the above example.
John
