Hi David How do I create the mydata file on Windows from SuSE when I can't write to C:? Or am I being particularly "noobish"?? I tried creating a shared file within windows but still cannot access it. I should say that both SuSE & Windows are OS on the same machine and not on a network. Appreciate the guidance. Humvee On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 23:10, David Gleba wrote:

On January 5, 2004 06:04 pm, humvee wrote:

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I have found it easy to access and use Windows documents of all descriptions within SuSE but not the other way around!

Has anyone any thoughts/experience on how this might be achieved.

Save all your files on /windows/C/mydata.

On 05 Jan 2004 23:04:35 +0000 humvee wrote:

As a short term measure - whilst I try to configure an unsupported HP LaserJet 1000 -

Well, this printer mostly works (quite a feat considering it is a WIN printer), but the setup process is a little bit involved: http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_1000 Charles -- "Even more amazing was the realization that God has Internet access. I wonder if He has a full newsfeed?" (By Matt Welsh)

On 06 Jan 2004 01:43:54 +0000 humvee wrote:

I already found out how complex the setup is :-(

Well, unfortunately you got the printer before getting into Linux. May I suggest buying a cheap Epson Inkjet? Most models work perfectly right out of the box. If you want to go Laser, the best ones to use with Linux are postscript printers although PCL printers works fine too. Avoid GDI (WIN) printers at all cost.

I am in a very steep learning curve trying to get to grips with Linux because I was so bored with the winblows "minor" issues.

Don't be discouraged. Once you get the hang of it, it will becomes easier and you will appreciate Linux flexibility. You will find that as times goes by, you will boot into Windows less and less. You might want to buy some reference books. I would suggest anything put out by O'Reilly press."Runnig Linux" is a good one. Charles -- "I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual This++' and 'Integrated Development That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb. Thank you." (By Vance Petree, Virginia Power)

The Tuesday 2004-01-06 at 00:33 -0000, humvee wrote:

How do I create the mydata file on Windows from SuSE when I can't write to C:? Or am I being particularly "noobish"??

My guess is that your C: disk is formated as NTFS - if that is the case, you can not write to it from Linux, only read. The alternative is to create a new data partition in FAT format. It needs only bee big enough for your data interchange needs.

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I have found it easy to access and use Windows documents of all descriptions within SuSE but not the other way around!

Do you mean reading Linux files from inside windows? There is a program for that, I think it is named as e2tools or something similar; anyway, it is in a separate directory for windows program on the SuSE cds. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson

The Friday 2004-01-09 at 03:32 -0000, humvee wrote:

Thanks for this. No it was to be able to actual copy and save any documents/web pages/downloads that I discovered whilst in Linux directly to for example My Documents in WinXP via the /windows/c directory to facilitate printing until I can get the HP1000 setup (or probably buy another printer!!).

Then your C: disk is an NTFS partition, thus not writeable from linux. I would create a small FAT partition, a few megabytes.

I think the answer I have gleaned from replies is as you say no - or possibly with some fairly significant compiling/re-partitioning etc, etc, etc, which with my limited Linux knowledge is a bridge too far just now :-)

Compiling? No, but repartitioning, yes. Not a trifle, but doable :-)

What I did come across was a nifty suggestion - not sure if it was here on SLE - was to use a personal web space as a remote storage system - uploading via FTP (& encrypting if necessary) and then accessing from WinXP when using that OS. Still a bit longwinded but easier and quicker than trying to transfer large or blockable files via email!!

On another thread, I think. That's ok if you have the bandwidth - I couldn't, I use a modem. In any case, it will be certainly slower than local disk space, of course, even with an ethernet connection :-) -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson