On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> I am running both Windows 98 and Linux-Mandrake 6.5 on my machine, but
> Windows is on one hard disk with these specs: Partition -1 Statis- A
> Type-PRI DOS Volume Label- My Computer Mbytes-8025 System-Fat 32
> Usage-100%. I have loaded Mandrake-Linux 6.5 on a second hard disk with
> these specs: /dev/hdc3 579M 409M-used Avail-140M Mounted on /
>
> /dev/hdc1 547M 32K-used Avail-547M Mounted
> on-mnt/DOS_hdc1
>
> My local cabel company COGECO informs me that no Linux system is
> compatible with their modems so I can not connect to the Internet
> through Linux. However, can Linux read Windows 98? Can I still dowload
> software in Windows and somehow transfer it to Linux. The word
> 'transfer' may be wrong, but can I use the two together somehow so that
> I can download software to the Linus system. Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
> Robert
Yes you can mount Windoze Partions, I have my 2gig Win98 partion mounted
as /mnt/DOS_hda1 and it works well
try the linuxconf tool to mount filesystems and it will auto update your fstab
file.
