Hello, Unfortunatly, you should have a vfat partition to exchange data between Linux and Windows using mtools. As ntfs filesystem and "write permission under linux" are not very friendly, you may want to have a look at ntfs-3g.
On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 01:16:15PM -0500, Charles Blair wrote: > With a lot of help from people on this list, I have a dual-boot > system with /dev/sda1 as a windows partition (etch install). > > After mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 ./mntpoint > > I can use ls to see files in the windows partition and copy files > to debian. However, I cannot send files in the other direction. > I hope there is a simple fix. > > On an older dual-boot system, I used mtools. Is this still > recommended? I tried created a mtools.conf file that just said > > drive c: > file="/dev/sda1" > > but I just get a message "drive c: not supported" > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- work hard, die young http://www.mc-thias.org http://blog.mc-thias.org Thias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]