How do I access dos partitions?

1999-06-06 Thread hammy
Hi, as a novice linux user, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to access my dos partition from within linux. My computer is setup with a linux partition, a linux swap partition and a dos partition. Also, is there any program that will let me choose which operating system to boot up

Re: How do I access dos partitions?

1999-06-06 Thread Andrei Ivanov
Hi, as a novice linux user, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to access my dos partition from within linux. My computer is setup with a linux partition, a linux swap partition and a dos partition. Create a directory where you want the dos partition to be. Lets call it dos/ in /.

Re: How do I access dos partitions?

1999-06-06 Thread William Park
On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 10:01:44PM -0400, hammy wrote: Hi, as a novice linux user, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to access my dos partition from within linux. My computer is setup with a linux partition, a linux swap partition and a dos partition. mount -t msdos /dev/hda? /dos

Re: How do I access dos partitions?

1999-06-06 Thread Gertjan Klein
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999 22:01:44 -0400, hammy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, is there any program that will let me choose which operating system to boot up with? Several boot managers exist that you could try; Linux comes with LILO. For some alternatives look at:

Re: How do I access dos partitions?

1999-06-06 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 10:01:44PM -0400, hammy wrote: Hi, as a novice linux user, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to access my dos partition from within linux. The previous advice is quite correct, however if you want to automate this at boot time you'll need to edit a file

Re: How do I access dos partitions?

1999-06-06 Thread Thomas Ruedas
Hi, as a novice linux user, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to access my dos partition from within linux. My computer is setup with a linux partition, a linux swap partition and a dos partition. In addition to what Andrei pointed out, a more primitive and limited way would be access