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I am running ubuntu 8.94 in a dual boot mode with win98. How can I copy all the files from the win98 area to the linux

Asked by Narayan Kanoor

I am running ubuntu in a dual boot mode, ie I can boot either ubuntu or Win98. What I want to know is how to get my user files in my documenst etc from the Win98 area to the unbuntu area. Is this not possible? Can you please give me step by step instructions. I am new to ubuntu so I am not very familiar with all the ways to work this puppy. Also is not possible to copy files over a LAN from windows computers. I have a wired LAN and am running 2 other computers with Windows XP. WHen i try to copy the files ubuntu complains something about "cannot mount" or something to that effect.

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Wyatt Smith (wyatt-smith) said : 		#1

Sounds like you are having trouble mounting your windows98 partition.

Please open Please boot to Ubuntu and open a terminal from Applications-> Accessories-> Terminal and type

sudo fdisk -lu

Please tell... the output of this command.

Then we can provide the proper command for mounting your win98 partition.

Thanks

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Narayan Kanoor (npkanoor) said : 		#2

Wyatt,

Here is the output

narayan@narayan-laptop:~$ sudo fdisk -lu
[sudo] password for narayan:

Disk /dev/sda: 12.0 GB, 12072517632 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1467 cylinders, total 23579136 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xea1aa9c7

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 22490999 11245468+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 22491000 23567354 538177+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 22491063 23567354 538146 82 Linux swap / Solaris
narayan@narayan-laptop:~$

Thanks

 Nary Kanoor

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Wyatt Smith proposed the following answer:
Sounds like you are having trouble mounting your windows98 partition.

Please open Please boot to Ubuntu and open a terminal from
Applications-> Accessories-> Terminal and type

sudo fdisk -lu

Please tell... the output of this command.

Then we can provide the proper command for mounting your win98
partition.

Thanks

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Bad news, seems you have overwrite/deleted your Win98 partition...!

Hope this helps

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