--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 07:14:37AM +0000, Gary wrote:
> > Just want to offer a quick (possible) correction:
> >
> > >
> > > sudo mount -t cifs /dev/sda1 windows
> > >
> > > Then, you should be able to copy them over to the Feisty partition.
> > >
> >
> > Shouldn't that be 'sudo mount -t ntfs ..." ??? Never heard of
"cifs". o_O
>
> Well, it used to be -t smbfs. (Or something similar.) However, that's
> been deprecated in favor of cifs. It's mounting it as a samba share.
> He can probably use ntfs too, but I always mount MS shares as cifs,
> which is the latest and greatest version of samba type shares.
Oh, I see. I'd understood her as having different partitions/HD's on
a single machine, and thought you typo'd while trying to tell her how
to mount the non-Linux section directly. Your advice applies if the
Feisty and Windows machines are networked via ethernet. And there
does seem to be some confusion as to which case we're dealing with :)
I dislike the fact that, in Y!groups one cannot edit one's posts once
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