Re: Strange drive issue when using Win98 and Debian

2001-06-09 Thread Alex Suzuki
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 07:05:58AM -0500, ktb wrote: > Are D: and E: mapped drives? > kent Kent, I solved the problem. I just had to rewrite the partition table to the disk. It seemed that the entries in the partition table still seemed to be FAT32 for the drives, but they were formatted ext2. I u

Re: Strange drive issue when using Win98 and Debian

2001-06-09 Thread ktb
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 11:01:22AM +0200, Alex Suzuki wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm using Debian woody almost exclusively on my box, but I still > have a Win98 Partition, primarly to read those wacky .doc files > with crazy formatting that StarOffice just can't read right. > The thing is, Windows use

Strange drive issue when using Win98 and Debian

2001-06-09 Thread Alex Suzuki
Hi there, I'm using Debian woody almost exclusively on my box, but I still have a Win98 Partition, primarly to read those wacky .doc files with crazy formatting that StarOffice just can't read right. The thing is, Windows used to access 3 drives when it was installed. C: which is /dev/hda1, which

Re: Win98 and Debian

1999-01-20 Thread Christian Lavoie
> You should have no problem in Win-Linux interactivity...they will not > interact at all, but you can mount and read/write to the windows partition > (basicly, access the files on your C drive, just not execute them). > However, thats not possible when working in Windows ( to access Linux > files

Re: Win98 and Debian

1999-01-20 Thread Andrew Ivanov
Well, then during the installation, you can enable LILO which will makeyour system dual-booted, and you will be able to select at the prompt which OS to boot. You should have no problem in Win-Linux interactivity...they will not interact at all, but you can mount and read/write to the windows part

Win98 and Debian

1999-01-20 Thread Shaun Greene
Hiyas. I'm pretty much new to Debian and Linux in general. I'm going to be getting a copy of Debian 2.0 in the next few days on CD, so basically what I want to do is install it on my main machine on another drive. I have a 6.4 gig running windows 98 on FAT32, and a spare 1.2 gig which I want