| Question about moving DOS-based files |
by NOLAWitch |
2005-01-27 16:17:19 |
| from a DOS-formatted hard drive to a Linux hard drive. I've got piles of files (over 4Gb) that I can't lose. The Mandrake system won't recognize the hard drive that I copied all the files to. It won't mount the drive at all. It's a good drive. I ran scandisk on it and it was fine. Any good ideas out there? |
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This will take a while but... | by Glytch78 | 2005-01-27 16:20:45 |
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Did the first two: moved HD to windows box | by NOLAWitch | 2005-01-27 16:26:31 |
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You're trying to mount "/dev/hdb", right? | by Tars_Tarkas | 2005-01-27 16:45:41 |
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vfat not msdos. i think (n/t) | by Astro-g | 2005-01-27 17:33:54 |
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Do you | by mirage | 2005-01-27 16:23:31 |
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How to check that? (n/t) | by NOLAWitch | 2005-01-27 16:27:23 |
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Umm | by mirage | 2005-01-27 16:31:50 |
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Could it also be umsdos, vfat, or ntfs? (n/t) | by nedludd | 2005-01-27 16:34:05 |
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Yes but she | by mirage | 2005-01-27 16:35:05 |
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It was formatted using *ugh* Windblows98. (n/t) | by NOLAWitch | 2005-01-27 16:37:08 |
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You may want to try either vfat or umsdos first (n | by nedludd | 2005-01-27 16:41:02 |
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98 should be vfat IIRC (n/t) | by mirage | 2005-01-27 16:41:54 |
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just thought of it as something to check | by nedludd | 2005-01-27 16:38:09 |
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OK. It gave us "msdos". Why is the second HD | by NOLAWitch | 2005-01-27 16:36:01 |
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Check yer cables | by Kickstart | 2005-01-27 16:37:47 |
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We were trying to use "mount" command. | by NOLAWitch | 2005-01-27 16:38:46 |
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Cables are all well-seated. | by NOLAWitch | 2005-01-27 16:41:09 |
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Ok, try the following: | by Kickstart | 2005-01-27 16:44:55 |
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Is groovy now. My beautiful files! Preciousssss. (n/t) | by NOLAWitch | 2005-01-27 16:51:13 |
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Ok, but see my other post about mounting /tmp (n/t | by Kickstart | 2005-01-27 16:52:21 |
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Ok, you | by mirage | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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Hot diggety horse hockey! It worked. Thanks! (n/ (n/t) | by NOLAWitch | 2005-01-27 16:43:21 |
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You're welcome :) (n/t) | by mirage | 2005-01-27 16:44:35 |
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Yuck... | by Kickstart | 2005-01-27 16:46:54 |
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Yeah, I | by mirage | 2005-01-27 16:53:57 |
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I pretty sure that 'vfat' would be better, | by swisscheese | 2005-01-27 16:54:12 |
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4gb on DOS .... | by OnDemand | 2005-01-27 16:52:30 |
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They're um...quite a bit of "research" I've | by NOLAWitch | 2005-01-27 17:05:53 |
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Yeah, right. "Fine art newts" aren't research... ( (n/t) | by Tars_Tarkas | 2005-01-27 17:31:03 |
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They're tastefully done newts! Honest! | by NOLAWitch | 2005-01-27 17:38:31 |
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Tastefully done newts? Hmm, maybe the UFCookbook | by Tars_Tarkas | 2005-01-27 18:49:32 |
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Danke, gracias, merci, domo arrigato everyone. (n/ (n/t) | by NOLAWitch | 2005-01-27 16:52:31 |
