Yes you can read files from different OS's partitions in a single system and
I think there's a HOWTO or Mini HOWTO on it. I'm not at my machine with the
information handy, but you simply direct LINUX to the location on the drive
and grab the file. You can use Microsoft to get the data and then read it
via LINUX. Bigger question, what makes a cable modem activated via LINUX
different than through Windows that the cable company can't accommodate
you? I don't have one and so ask out of ignorance.
Hopefully someone will have the details, but it is possible.
B. B.
Robert Thrall 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
