Edit windows files under Linux

Andy Goss aegoss at vicnet.net.au
Thu Mar 9 00:05:36 UTC 2006


> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 14:30:39 +0000
> From: "Ian Malone" <ibmalone at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Edit windows files under Linux
> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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> On 3/8/06, chen li <chen_li3 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I create a FAT32 partition on my hardware to access
> > excel files of Windows XP from Linux FC4. As I recall
> > files on this partition are supposed to be read and
> > written under Linux FC4(or either way). But what I
> > find is that it can only be read. So what am I
> > supposed to do to make it written from FC4?
> >
> >
> 
> FC4 can write to fat32, what is the output if you type
> $ mount
> at the command line (no arguments).
> 
> --
> imalone
> 
I had this problem after upgrading my wife's 98SE to XP. I had to set
permissions on XP. I forget the detail, but it was not too hard to find.

Andy Goss




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