Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-25 Thread andy
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have one question for you, and for everyone on the list for that matter. > Did you install Lnx4Win? If not and easy was your primary objective, why > didn't you give it a go? No, I wanted to give a 'proper' Linux os a go. I'd read that

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-20 Thread Vic
I got my machine to format a mac zip disk also. On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Joe Perry wrote: > Because Windows does not provide support for reading/writing from any > partitions that are Windows/DOS partitions. There is little chance that > Microsoft will add this support in the forseeable future. Li

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-20 Thread Vic
I remember the VHS vs. Beta war and wow was it bloody. When I was little I liked VHS for a totally stupid reason, but after I found out that BetaMax was built on the design of the U-matic, I found out why it produced a better picture. Do you remember an old commercial video format called U-matic

Re: My take on all of this... (was "[newbie] Linux Partition")

2000-04-20 Thread Michael Holt
I agree, sometimes it's hard to explain why I like it (Linux) so much. I can't really, in good conscience, try to get everyone I know to convert to Linux because of the simple fact - most people don't care to spend their evening 'configuring' things, they just want to sit down and write and email

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-20 Thread William Palfreman
e, that it) and get at what I want as /mnt/DOS_hda1/linux or as /mnt/zip. Simple. Is that really what your problem is? - Original Message - From: andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 1:42 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Partition >

Re: My take on all of this... (was "[newbie] Linux Partition")

2000-04-20 Thread George Jones
Ok, so I had my little fun with this. Let's be real here. I've been using computers since I was 8 years old (I'm now 28), I've seen 'em come and go. This little debate over Linux vs Windows reminds me of the ST vs Amiga or Atari800 vs Commodore64 bbs flame wars. I've owned the following: Timex/S

My take on all of this... (was "[newbie] Linux Partition")

2000-04-20 Thread George Jones
Ok, so I had my little fun with this. Let's be real here. I've been using computers since I was 8 years old (I'm now 28), I've seen 'em come and go. This little debate over Linux vs Windows reminds me of the ST vs Amiga or Atari800 vs Commodore64 bbs flame wars. I've owned the following: Tim

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-20 Thread Alan Shoemaker
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/Explore2fs.htm flupke wrote: > > Mike Corbeil wrote: > > > > flupke wrote: > > > > > andy wrote: > > > > > > > > How come when you are in Linux, you can see your Windows partition, but not > > > > the other way around?? > > > It's because Micro$oft dev

Re: [Re: [newbie] Linux Partition]

2000-04-20 Thread Jaguar
I am not using it...but from other emails to this list, Lnx4Win is not the best way. Using that install method requires it to sit on top of Windows Fatxx, and hence very much slower than a Linux native partition. Also if your Windows crashes you will lose the Linux install, and have to redo that

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-20 Thread Dru Brown
When i tried it that way, The install took something like 4 hours as uposed to one hour ( actually less) for aregular install. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have one question for you, and for everyone on the list for that matter. > Did you install Lnx4Win? If not and easy was your primary objecti

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-20 Thread weblife
I have one question for you, and for everyone on the list for that matter. Did you install Lnx4Win? If not and easy was your primary objective, why didn't you give it a go? I would like to hear from anyone else who has installed Lnx4Win and is using it as a regular home PC user. I am interested i

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-20 Thread andy
Sorry folks, I got that the wrong way around, didn't I!! No trouble downloading Windows stuff while on Linux, it's the other way around!!! I suppose I could doenload, burn to CD-RW and load it into Linux from there. I will now sit in the corner and hang my head in shame!! Cheers Andy - >

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-20 Thread Joe Perry
> > ...But come on..what is the REASON? Not 'Because windows is made by 'Satans > Sperm' (Something I certainly DON'T subscribe to BTW!!!). > Because Windows does not provide support for reading/writing from any partitions that are Windows/DOS partitions. There is little chance that Microsoft w

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-20 Thread andy
On this whole debate..I'm about to stick my head WAAAY over the parapet here for you Microsoft haters to snipe at So, please, don't get me wrong..I'm intregued with Linux, and I'm really glad I took the plunge. I'm not in any way having a go at Linux with any of my comments. I was more talking a

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-20 Thread flupke
Mike Corbeil wrote: > > flupke wrote: > > > andy wrote: > > > > > > How come when you are in Linux, you can see your Windows partition, but not > > > the other way around?? > > It's because Micro$oft developpers couldn't ever think that someone uses > > zinblow$ and another OS at the same time.

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-19 Thread Vic
Sorry I forgot to mention, windows was never designed to exist alongside another OS. On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, you wrote: > OK folks, thanks for all your answers on why I can see my Windows partition > in Linux, but not the other way around.. > > Now..I KNOW you are all Windows haters :-))... > > .

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-19 Thread Michael Holt
Linux supports multiple file systems, Windows supports only fat, and fat32. I don't know what your background is, but the file system is what allows you to store information on your hard disk. Linux uses a system called 'ext2fs' or 'second extended file system'. Windows uses 'FAT' or 'File Allo

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-19 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
andy wrote: > > How come when you are in Linux, you can see your Windows partition, but not > the other way around?? > > Andy I'm sure other people have answered this by now, but I can't resist: That is because Microsoft supports only its *own* filesystems, whereas Linux supports many filesyst

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-19 Thread Mike Corbeil
make . Don't underestimate too much. mike > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 04/19/2000 02:57:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: (bcc: George Jones/US/ABNAMRO/NL) > Subject:[newbie] Linux Partition > > How come when you are in Linux, you can see your Windows partition, > but not > the other way around?? > > Andy

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-19 Thread Mike Corbeil
flupke wrote: > andy wrote: > > > > How come when you are in Linux, you can see your Windows partition, but not > > the other way around?? > It's because Micro$oft developpers couldn't ever think that someone uses > zinblow$ and another OS at the same time. > In fact, I don't think that they are

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-19 Thread George Jones
: George Jones/US/ABNAMRO/NL) Subject:[newbie] Linux Partition How come when you are in Linux, you can see your Windows partition, but not the other way around?? Andy

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-19 Thread flupke
andy wrote: > > How come when you are in Linux, you can see your Windows partition, but not > the other way around?? It's because Micro$oft developpers couldn't ever think that someone uses zinblow$ and another OS at the same time. In fact, I don't think that they are aware that there are other O

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-19 Thread Mike Corbeil
andy wrote: > How come when you are in Linux, you can see your Windows partition, but not > the other way around?? > > Andy Becasuse MS doesn't like competitors. However, you can get software which provides the capability or functionality you asked about, and Exceed is one such tool, from Hummi

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-19 Thread Larry C
- Original Message - From: "andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 1:22 PM Subject: [newbie] Linux Partition Lets just say you are embarking on a journey into a OS that will blow your mind with all the things it does that

Re: [newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-19 Thread Kritifile
andy wrote: > > How come when you are in Linux, you can see your Windows partition, but not > the other way around?? > > Andy Because Linux is network-aware and Windows is blind? At least you can see and use other operating systems in Linux, it can act as a server to another disk on the same ma

[newbie] Linux Partition

2000-04-19 Thread andy
How come when you are in Linux, you can see your Windows partition, but not the other way around?? Andy