At 07:58 PM 5/27/00 -0700, Anandvivakanan Baljit wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>This is my first message.I have a problem. My situation is that I have Linux
>on a Harddrive by itself and Windows on another. I run only one OS at a time
>figuring that this would be easy on me. Next my modem is PCI and Linux
>cannot handle it (no internet). But this doesn't really bother me since I
>will try and get one as soon as I get the funds. My real problem now is that
>after installing the Apache web server and PHP 3 I found out that MySql is
>not on the Redhat CD. I have to download it to use it but MySql is too big
>to hold on a diskette . What is the easiest way to get the SQL server onto
>my linux harddrive.
>P.S I am a Newbie to Linux.
>Bye
>Anandvivakanan Baljit
>(I hope to be a Linux fan forever.)
>
You don't have to use a floppy to move files between Linux and Windows.
Linux can mount your Windows partition, and access all the files on it.
If windows is on the first hard drive, try something like this as root:
mkdir /mnt/windows (Create mount point)
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows -t vfat (Mount the windows partition)
You should now be able to access Windows drive C: at /mnt/windows.
If Windows is not on /dev/hda1, change as needed. You will not need to
create the mount point after the first time.
After you get it mounting ok, you may want to add it to /etc/fstab so that
linux will mount it everytime you boot up. Something like:
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat noexec,rw 1 1
I hope you enjoy Linux as much as I do!
Mikkel
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