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TheShadowMan Offline

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Posted: Aug. 14 2005,00:08

I have the DSL on a cd and can run it with no problems but how do I save a file that I download from the internet to a windows partition so I can access that file from windows.
Thank you for your help

aldsl

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Posted: Aug. 14 2005,02:17

Hi, I hv got P4 1.8 ghz /128 MB RAM/40 GB/FAT32 c: D:/and 8 GB

Unpartitioned partitioned space...I hv live CD DSL the distro is

cool...but I am complete to linux..so cannot understand the terminology

of it..quiet firmly....so I am asking basic questions......
1) How do u view and access read & write to my FAT32 partitions.?? cos

thts all my instruction is located and Please guide right from Desktop

cos I do not undertsnad.....cmdline or shelll..
.....Cannot access after sharing also thru SMDline...and Smdtree..is

not available as Dillo doc.. is saying So plz ...give a better idea..
2)Wht is cmdline in linux..as their seems to me many for my untrained

eyes...Bash...Terminal...Root...
3)How to mount disks....as all mnt cmds given anyhwhere shows directory

not exist...
4) HOw to configure modem for my peculiar Reliance India NET

connection... the official

website...http://www.relianceinfo.com/Infocomm/Rim/rconnect_dc_linux.ht

ml
shows instruction for Redhat....so plz interprete for me for the DSL

interface.....The moidem is bit tricky as it is nerdy in windows

also...
5)a lot of apps in DSL seems to be freezing need to be

killed...especially ssh server...and system status bar...
6) I tried to put all those help and install instruction on the live cd

but DSL Cld not boot...it stopped at the Scanning USB devices

stage...and loaded a verlimited Shell....so How to get to some big time

help...when u cannot view ure HD cannot put on CD or connect to the NET

it...is over me.....So I hv come to this forum....in search of

help...Plz help....with as much details as possible..I learn fromthis

distro and wann put onthe IBM thinkpad 760 EL Laptop.. P1 133Mhz/2.1 GB

/48MB RAM....so anybody hving info tht hardware is also welcome...

cbagger01

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Posted: Aug. 14 2005,03:14

Open the emelfm file manager.

Navigate to the

/mnt

directory. Then Right-Click on one of your mountpoints. Typically, an existing Windows partition can be found somewhere like "hda1" or "hda2".

Then choose "Mount" from the Right-Click menu.

The files from your C:\ drive will hopefully appear.

FYI, for NTFS formatted partitions (Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003) DSL has read-only access to them because Microsoft will not publish the information needed to be able to write to this filesystem format.

However, it is pretty easy to use a USB pendrive to move files back and forth and you can always use an old MSDOS or FAT32 (Windows 98/ME) data partition for transfers.

Finally, as a workaround you can e-mail the file to yourself to an account like yahoo or gmail and then download the attachment when you are running Windows.

yellowpen

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Posted: Feb. 26 2006,04:08

Ok I can see hd and hda but when I go in there is nothing there, and yes I mounted them. To add to this i can't see my pen drive, so I can't do anything with it. Im in the /mnt directory and don't see any sda or sda1 or anything like that.

cbagger01

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Posted: Feb. 27 2006,05:13

Are you using DSL or are you using DSL Embedded?

It is not possible to directly access your pendrive or hard drive if using DSL Embedded.

If using DSL with native USB boot, your thumbdrive is located at

/cdrom

and you need to use Emelfm As SUPER USER

in order to write files.

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