[fol] Re: I have problems....How exchange data betwenn Linux and Windows ?

[山西守<yama _at_ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I have two drives. On one of them (C:) I have Windows 98, on the another
> (D:) is installed RedHat 7.

# You use RedHat, then you might call support center. Why not?
# I did not use RedHat, therefore my advice is not for RedHat.
# Also, I do not know who to see the files of Linux at Windows side.

First, check your partition table.

        See what partitions (or device files) are asigned for
        the drives that you show as C: or D:

        Typically, they are /dev/hda1, /dev/hda2, or /dev/hdb1.
        These names are depend on your system.  To know them,
        you can browse "dmesg" command on a terminal of Linux.
        Or, you can chek them using "cfdisk" or "fdisk" commands.
        (Caution not to modify your partition table!)

Second, try to mount Windows partition.

        In case the partition is "/dev/hda1" and it is mounted to
        "/mnt/hd", tyr as follows:

                mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/hd

        If your Linux kernel are configured so as to deal with Windows98
        volumes, the above command can give a good result.  You may
        read from or write to the disk.

        If faild, step forward.

Third, include kernel module.

        I wonder VFAT file system was supported as kernel module.
        Then, if the module is not loaded, the above step might be failed.

        In case your kernel version is "2.4.18", fvat module is found in
        /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/fs, or upper or inside directories.

        I did not know exact module name.  It might be "vfat.o", I wonder.

        After checking the module name, try follows.

                modprobe vfat

        or

                insmod vfat.o

        Then, mount the partition as mentioned above.

        If faild, you might be happy after re-configuration of your kernel.

By the way, you mentioned

> (I must change the slave/master
> configuration with jumpers on drives each time)

Using boot loader, GRUB, you will become happy without jumper change.
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