I have done something similar, downloading Red Hat RPM
files with Win95 and then installing them under Red Hat 6.1. I
didn't have any problems.
As to why do it that way, maybe he still has a win-modem
that won't work from linux.
On 2 Mar 01, at 10:08, Geoff Bagley wrote:
>
> I now have a dual boot system, with two separate 6.4Gb hard drives.
>
> One /dev/hda has Windows 98 and internet access, the other /dev/hdb is
> up and running with SuSE Linux 7.0. (KDE is excellent).
>
> I find that using Linux/KDE I can access the other half of the machine,
> so that I am able to get files off the internet using FTP, file them
> under the W98 file system, and then pull them across to the Linux side
> using KDE.
>
> My question is, will I be able to install such files (now filed in the
> Linux file system) to run under Linux by using YaST2 ?
>
> I particularly want to run Pascal. Currently I use Borland TP7.0, but
> would like to download (possibly) gpc by the means described above.
>
> Can anyone foresee any dangers, or offer any advice?
> Will I possibly encounter problems with dependencies ?
> What would be the preferred file system usage for this procedure ?
>
> Hwyl.
> --
> Geoff Bagley
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