On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> Hi all:
> I'm arbitrarily out of linux for the moment. My Distro's mc or bash#
> won't see my DOS partition. Has unformatted "empty space" on the drive
> at the moment (maybe that's why?) Had to use windoze to download
> xsis.tgz from suSE site to get my distro up and running. Can't get
> xf86config (or XF86Setup for that matter) to set up my x-server. I think
> the commands are:
> #tar xzvf /dir/filename -C/usr/X11R6
> The problem:
> xsis.tgz is in DOS
> tried:
> #tar xzvf /DOS/xsis.tgz -C/usr/X11R6 and won't recognize DOS.
> Any help would be appreaciated, Chris.
>
You need to have your DOS partition set up in your
/etc/fstab so that Linux knows where it is. Also you'll
need to mount that partition so that you can explore it.
John
