At 03:31 PM 6/27/00 -0700, Steven Ackerman wrote:
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> ... I would also
>like to move some files that I downloaded. I know how to move them as
>long as I can successfully mount my msdos partition.
>
>So my first question is: How to I mount my msdos partition?
First, are you sure it is an msdos partition and not a fat32 (vfat)
partition? In either case, *if* the kernel, or an installed module, supports
the partition type, you just mount it with the mount command -- e.g.
mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt
-- customize the type and the dev/*d* entry to suit your hardware.
If the kernel doesn't support the filesystem type, insmod or modprobe the
module for it -- e.g.
modprobe msdos
>My second question is: How do I then wipe and reinstall Linux without
>deleting my existing msdos partition?
Probably the same way you did the original install. Run the RH installer,
tell it to use the linux partition(s) you have, reformat them, and install
to them. Modify LILO the same way you did before to dual boot.
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