Re: Copying files to a windows XP partition (mtools?)

Hello,

Unfortunatly, you should have a vfat partition to exchange data between
Linux and Windows using mtools. As ntfs filesystem and "write permission
under linux" are not very friendly, you may want to have a look at
ntfs-3g.

On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 01:16:15PM -0500, Charles Blair wrote:
With a lot of help from people on this list, I have a dual-boot
system with /dev/sda1 as a windows partition (etch install).

After mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 ./mntpoint

I can use ls to see files in the windows partition and copy files
to debian. However, I cannot send files in the other direction.
I hope there is a simple fix.

On an older dual-boot system, I used mtools. Is this still
recommended? I tried created a mtools.conf file that just said

drive c:
file="/dev/sda1"

but I just get a message "drive c: not supported"


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