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Re: Copy between dos and ext2 partitions

From Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.setup
Subject Re: Copy between dos and ext2 partitions
Date 2014-06-19 10:32 -0700
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <lnv6s8$3f1$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 06/19/2014 09:56 AM, 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......
> 
	Look at the date on the message Tammy.
	You have replied to a message posted 15 years ago.

	I think his problem has long been solved and if not then the OP likely
gave up on Linux.

	bliss

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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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