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> Klaus,
>
> This is a kluge, but I reckon it will work. _If_ you made a swap
> partition, and _if_ you have enough ram to run without it for a bit. 16
> mb should be plenty if you leave X and fancy stuff down for this.
>
> boot linux.
> comment out the swap partition in /etc/fstab.
> swapoff.
> use fdisk to change the swap partition to a dos partition (fat16).
> mkfs -t msdos </dev/<swap partition> <size in kbytes>
> boot windows.
> You should now have a new empty drive - E: ??
> copy the files you need to it.
> boot linux.
> mount -t msdos /dev/<swap partition> <mount point>
> copy the files you need from /<mount point> to where you want them.
> [sync]
> umount <mount point>
> change the partition type back to swap with fdisk.
> mkswap
> swapon
> uncomment the swap line in fstab.
> configure and compile your new kernel with vfat support....
>
> You will have to read a few man pages. But if I hadn't already dropped
> 2.0.36 onto my system, and I had a fat32 fs I needed files from, that is
> how I would go about it.
>
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