On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 05:46, Peter Dunmow wrote: > greetings all. I'm a real newbie to Linux, just over a week. > Running Mandrake 9.0 downloaded the 3 iso's. > I can see the shared folders on my XP machine(mounted on the KDE desktop) > but cant see the files in said folders. > > The XP is using NTFS, does this cause a problem? > Yes. Problem. NTFS and linux don't play nicely. Now if you convert the filesystem to VFAT (FAT32) instead, you'll have complete read/write access to the filesystem. (If you're not an NT geek, the conversion of the filesystem is rather "touchy" - so not recommended).
> I would like full read/write access to all files on my XP machine. > You can give it a go - I can read/write to an NTFS partition, but I've dug up "experimental" code and modules in order for me to do it. Not for the faint-of-heart, though. If you're green with linux, I'd not suggest mucking with it. > Also(dont kill me for asking) anyone know how to do the reverse? (read the > files on the Linux box from XP PRO) > Once again, there are ways of viewing the linux filesystems, but if you're green, not recommended. UNLESS you want to tread where others fear, it's a great learning experience - but you CAN muck it all up and have to start from scratch... -- Tue Dec 17 05:40:00 EST 2002 5:40am up 8:41, 4 users, load average: 0.52, 0.91, 0.75 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. -------------------------------- | __ __ | k�hn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen k�hn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | ;"""/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU -------------------------------- Coralament*Best Gr�tens*Liebe Gr��e*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn Some people live life in the fast lane. You're in oncoming traffic.
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