Re: Copy between dos and ext2 partitions

From	Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.setup
Subject	Re: Copy between dos and ext2 partitions
Date	2014-06-20 13:40 -0400
Organization	National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2014, tammy75oo@gmail.com wrote:

> On Sunday, January 17, 1999 5:00:00 AM UTC-3, Familia Rojas Enos wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have recently installed Red Hat Linux 5.2 by the
>> first time, so I am totally new to Linux.
>>
>> I have my hard drive (of 2 GB of size) sharing Windows
>> 95 and Linux, so I installed my Windows (vfat) partition
>> as '/dos'. However, when I tried to copy a file (e.g.,
>> autoexec.bat) from '/dos' to some Linux directory, I found
>> that the size of the file had been reduced.
>>
>> This problem ocurres with some but not all files (e.g. the
>> transfer does not fail with arj.exe, arjsort.exe, and other
>> 'exe' or 'dll' files).
>>
>> I also changed my Windows partition to msdos type (inside
>> Linux), but the problem persists. However, it does not occur
>> with my floppy drive, which is 'vfat' too.
>>
>> Below is a table showing the size of some files with the problem:
>>
>> File                        Size in '/dos' (bytes)    Size in '/usr/src'
>> (bytes)
>>
>> autoexec.bat                   419                                408
>> univ.doc                       10.752                                6
>> project3.doc                23.040                                6
>> music1.mid                   24.663                              868
>>
>>
>> Does someone know what the problem is, or how to solve it?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Cristian Rojas
>
> well u should take some computer lessons, dont wait that someone can 
> help u 4 free dude....solving problems worth money......
>
You resurrected a 15 year old thread in order to insult them?

That's as bad as the idiots replying to an old thread and someone saying 
"you should upgrade".  But back when, they were using the latest, it's the 
clueless repliers who feel some need to reply to old messages, and can't 
even get things straight.

If it's older than 30 days, don't reply to it, even if google allows it. 
And if you don't notice the date of the original, don't even think of 
replying.

   Michael

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Re: Copy between dos and ext2 partitions tammy75oo@gmail.com - 2014-06-19 09:56 -0700
  Re: Copy between dos and ext2 partitions Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2014-06-19 10:32 -0700
    Re: Copy between dos and ext2 partitions Allodoxaphobia <knock_yourself_out@example.net> - 2014-06-20 18:11 +0000
      Re: Copy between dos and ext2 partitions Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-06-21 02:19 -0700
        Re: Copy between dos and ext2 partitions Allodoxaphobia <knock_yourself_out@example.net> - 2014-06-21 17:11 +0000
          Re: Copy between dos and ext2 partitions Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-06-21 15:29 -0400
          Re: Copy between dos and ext2 partitions Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-06-22 00:19 -0700
            Re: Copy between dos and ext2 partitions Allodoxaphobia <knock_yourself_out@example.net> - 2014-06-23 16:30 +0000
              Re: Copy between dos and ext2 partitions Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-06-23 19:27 -0700
  Re: Copy between dos and ext2 partitions Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-06-20 13:40 -0400

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