problem:linux can not see contents of two vfat folders.

problem:linux can not see contents of two vfat folders.

[Hell.Surfers]

My new redmond linux amethyst edition cannot read the contents of the windows and program files folders, there are no errors on the fat 32 partition with 16 KBsectors, the partition is just over 14 gig and is primary, so is the other ext3 partition, i use os selector, and have noidea why they appear empty, other folders have their contents visible, im using kernel 2.4.12 with kde 2.2.2 . Thanks for any help you can offer.

Re: problem:linux can not see contents of two vfat folders.

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 Hell.Surfers@cwctv.net wrote:

> My new redmond linux amethyst edition cannot read the contents of
> the windows and program files folders, there are no errors on the
> fat 32 partition with 16 KBsectors, the partition is just over
> 14 gig and is primary, so is the other ext3 partition, i use os
> selector, and have noidea why they appear empty, other folders have
> their contents visible, im using kernel 2.4.12 with kde 2.2.2 .
> Thanks for any help you can offer.
> 
> 

Under Unix/Linux, we use some sort of end-of-line indicator embedded
into text so all the characters don't pile up on the right-hand side
of the screen. Of course, Windows doesn't bother, which  is why
you need the 14 Gb just to hold all the white-space in a text file.

Also, there is no such thing as a "folder" in any Operating System.
Folder-like icons are display artifacts. Perhaps you mean "directory"?


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
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