On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 08:32:27 +1000, Keith Antoine wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 01:47,Anita Lewis scribed: > >> If you just want to download material to put on the Linux partition, you >> can download it in Windows and leave it in a folder on your desktop. Then >> boot into Linux and do: >> >> mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt (if Windows is on /dev/hda1) >> cd /mnt/windows/desktop/ >> ls (You will see what is on your desktop) > > NOT a good idea! this is due to the fact that windows does not rcognise > the file types, .gz, .bz2 or rpm. I did this for a while at a stage where I > was unable for a short time to use linux online, I received files that when > transferred over to linux proved to be corrupted or shortened and would not > undo or if they did were missing parts. This did not happen to all files, > just about 60% and only the important ones............. >
Gee, they always appeared intact when I went to look at them through linux. I had problems when I put them on floppy or zip to transfer them though. Well, it has been about 3 years since I did this; so things may be different. I remember having to rename a couple of them that had two dots in them like something.tar.gz, but that was about it. In fact I have recently downloaded .gz and .rpm and .deb at work when they are big, because we have dsl there. I put them on zip and they worked fine at home. Guess I got lucky. I think the idea is worth a try for someone who has no modem and wants to get started. I agree that it is not the best solution in the long term. Anita _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
