[olug] Corel Linux installation Questions

[Jon]

here are some more suggestions to help mount the partion.
add a line similar to following in /etc/fstab
/dev/hda2      /mnt/C       vfat     defaults  1    0

/dev/hda2 should be replaced with partion name of fat32 partion
/mnt/C is a real empty directory on the linux file system.
vfat kernel needs support for vfat.  If you installed distro you probaly won't need to worry about it.

now as root type mount /mnt/C
cd /mnt/C 
ls -l and you should see windows files.


On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 01:07:49PM -0500, Nick Walter wrote:
> Coupla quickie answers
> 
> Yes, Linux is able to read the data from Windows partitions/file-systems.
> Support for FAT/FAT32 (win95/98) is much better than support for NTFS (Win
> NT/Win 2000).  To make this happen, you need to mount the filesystem from
> within the linux environment.  "man mount" will give you the full nitty
> gritty.  Once it's mounted it appears like any other directory full of stuff
> to Linux.  For example, I often mount my windows partition at /win, so to
> see the equivalent of "C:\someprogram\somedata\" in linux I go to
> /win/someprogram/somedata and all the same files are there :)
> 
> For your reinstall question, yes you will probably have to re-partition, and
> my guess is you will have to reinstall windows also, and it's going to get
> messy.  There are decent HOWTO documents describing how to do all this at
> http://www.linuxdoc.org
> 
> Nick Walter
> Interact Incorporated
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S. Ron Oliver [mailto:sroliver at csc.calpoly.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 1:02 PM
> To: olug at bstc.net
> Subject: [olug] Corel Linux installation Questions
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Just this morning I joined this list, so if my questions have already been
> discussed, please be patient.  I also apologize for the length of this
> message.  I am anxious to install Corel Linux, but feel I need at least
> some of these answers before I start.  In the future I will try to stick to
> shorter, one-subject messages.
> 
> About 6 months ago I acquired and installed Corel Linux to a DOS/Windows
> partition on one of my W98 PCs, for a special project I am doing on
> contract.  After a very short time my priorities on that project changed
> and I was pulled off the Linux work to develop/refine a Training
> Program.  I have recently put the "finishing touches" on the first product
> in the Training Program, and have returned to the Linux work.
> 
> My previous experience with the Corel Linux User Guide was that there was a
> LOT of missing, and quite a bit of incorrect, information.  So, this time I
> started with the " for Dummies" book for Corel Linux, written by Stephen
> Harris and Erwin Zijleman.  Although I am far from being a "Dummy" in this
> environment, I was hoping to gain a benefit over the limp Corel User Guide.
> 
> My preliminary experience (having read the first 4 chapters) is that I have
> definitely gained a benefit.  However, I have several questions that have
> not readily been answered.  (In addition to reading the first 4 chapters, I
> have consulted the Index and spent many minutes "skimming" the rest of the
> book looking for answers, to no avail.)
> 
> 1.	Toward the bottom of page 15 the authors claim "Corel Linux lets you
> read and write to files in folders set up by Windows programs."
> 
> 	OK.  That's GREAT!  That capability is a major requirement for the project
> I am working on.  I have now spent several days' time searching help files
> and existing documentation to learn how to do this, with no results.  So,
> can anyone tell me where this is documented?  Or could someone just simply
> tell me how to do it?
> 
> 2.	Although it was not at all clear based on the Corel User Guide, I now
> understand that, due to the nature of my project, installing Linux to a
> "DOS/Windows partition" was the wrong decision.  So now I will delete the
> CDL directory, etc., and reinstall.  However, there remain some questions
> as to where to install.  (By the way, based on the needs of my project, I
> also now understand that the "Default Desktop" was the wrong choice and
> that, in fact, I need the Server Desktop.)  I'm guessing that I need to use
> the "Edit partition table" option, but I am not sure.  I am wondering if
> the "Use free disk space" option would work.  I cannot tell, based on what
> I have read about it, if taking this option will cause Install Express to
> automatically set up it's own partition, etc.  My guess is that it will
> not.  If it does not, then will I not suffer a performance degradation
> similar to that of the "DOS/Windows partition" option (to which degradation
> I can whole-heartedly testify!)?  If not, how will performance compare with
> the "Edit partition table option", and why won't it be as bad as the
> "DOS/Windows partition" option?
> 
> I would very much appreciate hearing from any of you who can help me.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> sro
> 
> S. Ron Oliver, semi-retired professor of Computer Science and Computer
> Engineering.  www.csc.calpoly.edu/~sroliver
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