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Re: A newbie questions???



> Barid Bel Medar wrote:
> 
> I've trouble mounting my HD on linux. It's fat32 partition and it's
> goes as my D drive on windows (extended partition) when ever I'm
> trying to mount it on linux, it tell me
> (are you trying to mount an extended partion instead of a logical
> one?)
> I'm typing:
> mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/filesystem2 -t vfat
> the same, only make hda2 into hda1 succesfully mounted my C drive.
> 

an extended partition doesnt have any FS in it,
it has other partitions in it.

so your "D" drive must be a logical partition, inside that extended one.
to make a long story short try to mount /dev/hda5 (first logical
partition)


> Secodn trouble, how do I define my modem in linux.
> It run on Com4 in windows, and it's ess 56kbps I've heard it CAN'T be
> defined.
> 

what do you mean defined?
you need to symlinklink /dev/modem to /dev/cua3 (or /dev/ttyS3).
(and if you got a pnp, you have to play with setserial and isapnp)

however -
notice that most 56Kbps modems ARE winmodems,
thus you can't use them with linux...
so you better hope it's not one.

> Third question, and that IS a newbie question, can I run exe files on
> linux?

that question has many answers, the easiest is... NO
Linux itself (the kernel) cannot run dos executables.

but you can run exe files sometimes, if:

1. It's a normal 16bit dos executable, in that case you should try
dosemu.

2. If it's a windows executable, you might want to try wine.
most chances that it won't run at all, or run poorly, but that's it.

3. If you got a good computer, then you should try VMware.
it's commercial, but it works. (i think)

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