Hi all,

I have a dual booting Windows/Linux Mandrake [ a older version 7.0
? ]( on the same box ) set up. I can transfer files from W's to Mandrake but
I want to be able to go the other direction as well. How can I transfer
files from Linux to Windows 98? I prefer not having to take the files
externally - for example on a floppy or a CD. I want a way to directly
transfer them. Is there a way ?

Please be as specific as possible as Iam VERY new to Linux and I would
appreciate as much detail as possible.

Thank You for your help

Michael

In comp.os.linux.setup, wavelength uttered these immortal words:

> I have a dual booting Windows/Linux Mandrake [ a older version 7.0
> ? ]( on the same box ) set up. I can transfer files from W's to Mandrake
> but I want to be able to go the other direction as well. How can I
> transfer files from Linux to Windows 98? I prefer not having to take the
> files
> externally - for example on a floppy or a CD. I want a way to directly
> transfer them. Is there a way ?

You should be able to read from and write to FAT32 partitions with Mandrake
7 although it's so old I can't remember if there are any issues. You can
then work on the files on the FAT32 partition.

Google for Explore2fs if you're using ext2/3 partitions to get files
directly from Mandrake's partitions in Windows.

--
Andy.

Andy Fraser <andyfraser31@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:77f7n1-uu.ln1@news.linuxuser.org.uk...
> In comp.os.linux.setup, wavelength uttered these immortal words:
>
> > I have a dual booting Windows/Linux Mandrake [ a older version
7.0
> > ? ]( on the same box ) set up. I can transfer files from W's to Mandrake
> > but I want to be able to go the other direction as well. How can I
> > transfer files from Linux to Windows 98? I prefer not having to take the
> > files
> > externally - for example on a floppy or a CD. I want a way to directly
> > transfer them. Is there a way ?
>
> You should be able to read from and write to FAT32 partitions with
Mandrake
> 7 although it's so old I can't remember if there are any issues. You can
> then work on the files on the FAT32 partition.
>
> Google for Explore2fs if you're using ext2/3 partitions to get files
> directly from Mandrake's partitions in Windows.
>
> --
> Andy.


Thanks for your answer Andy but what does " ext2/3 " mean ?
Iam a NEW BEE

Best

In comp.os.linux.setup, wavelength uttered these immortal words:

> Thanks for your answer Andy but what does " ext2/3 " mean ?
> Iam a NEW BEE

It's shorthand for "ext2 or ext3". They're Linux filesystems, in a similar
way that FAT32 and NTFS are Windows filesystems, and the default type for a
lot of distros. ext3 is a journalised filesystem, ext2 isn't but apart from
that they are the same.

I don't think Mandrake 7 supports ext3 so you'll probably be using ext2.

--
Andy.

"wavelength" <wowsers@odsy.net> wrote in message news:<10a3kr6g1hh7n9a@corp.supernews.com>...
> Andy Fraser <andyfraser31@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:77f7n1-uu.ln1@news.linuxuser.org.uk...
> > In comp.os.linux.setup, wavelength uttered these immortal words:
> >
> > > I have a dual booting Windows/Linux Mandrake [ a older version
> 7.0
> > > ? ]( on the same box ) set up. I can transfer files from W's to Mandrake
> > > but I want to be able to go the other direction as well. How can I
> > > transfer files from Linux to Windows 98? I prefer not having to take the
> > > files
> > > externally - for example on a floppy or a CD. I want a way to directly
> > > transfer them. Is there a way ?
> >
> > You should be able to read from and write to FAT32 partitions with
> Mandrake
> > 7 although it's so old I can't remember if there are any issues. You can
> > then work on the files on the FAT32 partition.
> >
> > Google for Explore2fs if you're using ext2/3 partitions to get files
> > directly from Mandrake's partitions in Windows.
> >
> > --
> > Andy.
>
>
> Thanks for your answer Andy but what does " ext2/3 " mean ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXT3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAT32