On Thu, 06 Sep 2001 20:55:29 -0700 Randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted: > Howdy gang! Quite an evening. Got Linux installed, X-windows working, > and even connected to the Internet. > > So, I need to access some large data files on the DOS side of this > beastie. It's like 5 Mb, so a floppy is out. I'd rather not upload to > the FTP server at work and then download, as my connection is only 28.8 > out here in the woods. > > I remember in another life using a doscp commmand (SCO Unix, I think, > circa 1990.) Can't find anything similar in this Linux package, nor on > the Mandrake site. > > Any suggestions? ================================= If you're dual booting, it's likely Mandrake put your DOS/Win partition in your /etc/fstab Check that file to see what your dos partiiton is called (perhaps /mnt/win) If your dos partition is not mounted by default, in a console type "mount /mnt/win" (or whatever your dos partition is called, BTW don't use the quotes). Then simply "cp /mnt/win/path_to_file /home/you/whatever_folder" (again w/o the quotes and using the appropriate directory names). HTH, Mike -- "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." --Benjamin Franklin _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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