joe wrote: > On my dual boot system, while logged into Linux, I can cd /mnt/windows and > view all the files on the windows partition, but they are all r-xr-xr-x and > even as root, I cannot copy a file or write to a file or change file > permissions on a file in the winxp partition. Why is that? Surely there must > be some way to overcome this barrier. What's the secret? > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > I had a similar experience a while back. A large number of photo files had gotten lost on the WinXP side of my box (I think it was when I upgraded to XP.) I found them by using in Linux the command locate .jpg. Locate found them hiding on hda. I went to root and copied them to my Pix folder under Linux, but I couldn't even view them until I chowned them to user. But pulling them off the Win side of my box as root was easy. I then burned them onto cd's and recopied them back to WinXP in a place where I _could_ find them. Just a silly instance of using Linux to solve a WinXP problem. Bob Eaton --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss