----- Forwarded message from Mark Rockhold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > From: "Mark Rockhold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:14:50 -0800 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: linux question > > Hello, > > I'm trying to find out how to do a couple of things under Linux, and I > thought that you might be able to help me. If you don't know the answers, > perhaps you can tell me where I should look or who I should ask to find the > answers to these questions. > > My hard disk is partitioned with Linux and Windows NT. I use the Linux side > for numerical computing, using GNU Fortran and C compilers, and usually do > my plotting and word processing using MS Excel and Word and other software > on the Windows side. I have been using ftp to transfer files created under > Linux on my machine to a different UNIX workstation. After I transfer files, > I get out of Linux, restart my machine, get into Windows, and then ftp the > files from the other UNIX box back onto my machine. > > Is there a better way to do this? I've heard that Linux can "see" disk space > that is partitioned for the Windows file system, but not vice versa. How do > I set up my hard disk so that I can copy files created under Linux directly > into a directory where I can access them later under Windows? Also, is there > any new software avaliable that will allow me to work under Linux and > Windows at the same time, or at least allow me to switch between them > without restarting my machine? > > Thanks. > -Mark > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mark Rockhold > Dept. of Bioresource Engineering > 116 Gilmore Hall > Oregon State University > Corvallis, OR 97331-3906 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone: 541-737-5410 > fax: 541-737-2082 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- End forwarded message -----
