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Acessing files from a fat32 partition while running linux
Name: Heena Date: July 10, 2000 at 09:20:32 Pacific
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I'm trying to install XFree86-SVGA-3.3.6 which my VGA chipset is supported, how do I access and install it from a Windows98 partition while running linux? my partitions C: native Windows98 D: Fat32 E: Linux
My XFree86 package is in C: and i want to mount C: while running linux, how do I do that?
If Win98 is on the 1st partition of HD1 try: mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt. If you have scsi disk then try: mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt. Of course, there should be the /mnt directory. The 1st partition of the 2nd HD will be /dev/hdb1 or /dev/sdb1.
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