> Several people have suggested mounting the dos partition with: > mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt > > If any text files are involved, the different newline characters in dos > and linux can cause problems. Adding the conversion option to the file > system specification in the mount command can reduce that problem. Try: > > mount -t msdos -o defaults,conv=auto /dev/hda1 /mnt
I think the 'conv=auto' options is now default for msdos and vfat file systems. If sometimes you *don't* want this, like for copying binary files without risk, you need to add 'conv=noauto' or something else. Alexander Gieg =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= By: Alexander Gieg E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/3222 IRC: AlexG =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= There will be a time in which *all* the computers in the Earth will be using Linux! Amen! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
