Thanks to both Joe and Lanman. Now to tell the poor person I asked the question for. Lucky him. :^)
On Mon, 17 May 2004 10:22 pm, Lanman wrote: > Trevor Rhodes wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > On a dual boot system with Win2000 and LM10 is it possible to access the > > LM10 partitions from Win2000? If so, can you point me to where I could > > find the howto's? > > > > Regards > > Trevor Rhodes > > Trevor; Yes. Go to this link, and download whichever version you prefer, > make a point to look at the version with large file support. > > http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm#Download > > The only other ways to access linux in this case would be through a > shared FAT32 partition, or Samba/NFS using another system. > > Personally, I always set up a FAT32 partition on all my dual-boot > systems and remap my email and document folders, as well as OpenOffice > location mappings to that partition. > > It also has the benefit of allowing me to store any linux and windows > downloads to that partition, so I always have them available, should I > ever upgrade or re-install either OS. > > Thunderbird has the added advantage of being able to use the exact same > email folders for Linux and/or Windows, so that no matter which OS I'm > currently using, all my email is available. > > Sorry if that's not much help right now, but ever since i started doing > my setups that way, it's been pretty flawless. > > HTH. > > Lanman Regards Trevor Rhodes =========================================== Powered by Linux - Mandrake 10.0 Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org Registered Machine #'s 186951 = Mandrake Club Silver Member Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. gpg --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu 94C29CF3 =========================================== 02:01:13 up 1 day, 1:19, 0 users, load average: 1.52, 1.14, 0.98 -- Never mud wrestle with a pig.. you get dirty and the pig enjoys it! Never try to teach a pig to dance. You waste your time and annoy the pig. Theoretically pigs can fly if propelled with enough force.
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