RE: Exe files(For Tuncaydin6)
Irv,
I believe Windows will see every DOS partition in the system, as long as one
is the main one and all others are created as logical units within an
extended DOS partition. Takes some juggling; I've done it with Partition
Magic, worked fine. Even created, deleted and moved partitions on the fly,
and Windows (3.1, 95, haven't tried it lately) saw them right away, as soon
as PM rebooted.
As for Linux, there is a way to see its partitions from Windows, but it's
not cheap (around $300). You need a Virtual Machine. There's a very good one
at http://www.vmware.com (try the download area), both for Linux (to run
Windows) and for WinNT/2000 (to run Linux). You install the virtual machine,
then you install the second OS inside it. Most versions are 30-day
shareware. Download the VMTools too (free), or you'll end up with 16-color
Windows.
Then you boot Linux and raise Apache (or your favorite ftp server), and use
any ftp-enabled Win file manager. Explorer can do it, though I prefer
Windows Commander by far.
I've even had the experience of running a Windows Virtual Machine within
Linux, Midnight Commander in a Linux terminal seeing the virtual Windows
'partition' and Windows Commander in Windows seeing the Linux partitions.
This way you can copy, move, rename and view files, just as if all of them
were Linux or all Windows. This setup worked reasonably fast on a 400 MHz,
128 MB RAM system, though most of that was gobbled up by the Virtual
Machine.
I don't recommend this for a standard home or work environment, but if you
are already running Linux...
Gerardo
----- Original Message -----
From: Irv Mullins <irvm at ellijay.com>
To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: Exe files(For Tuncaydin6)
>
> You could take the current HD out and put it on a shelf, where it will be
> safe while you try Linux. Once you have Linux (and maybe Windows,
> DOS, Beos?) on the new HD, you can put the old HD back in, and set LILO
> (the Linux boot loader) to give you the choice of booting up Win, Linux,
> or Win on the old HD. Windows won't see the Linux partition (or the other
> Windows partition, afaik), but Linux will be able to use all three.
>
> Regards,
> Irv
>
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