[NTLUG:Discuss] OpenOffice File Transfer

[Lance Simmons]

* Ralph Miller <rmilpe at sbcglobal.net> [040305 13:22]:
>  
> I have floppies formatted for Windows and for Linux, but they don't
> work on the other one.

Floppies formatted with ext2 or other non-Microsoft partitions won't
work in Windows (because Windows doesn't acknowledge the existence of
non-Microsoft filesystems), but a Windows-formatted floppy will work
fine on a normal GNU/Linux machine.  Do you have the vfat kernel module
loaded?  Are you mounting the floppy with the appropriate filesystem
type?  e.g., mount -t vfat /dev/floppy /mount/floppy

Anyway, just to be clear, it _is_ possible to use Windows-formatted
floppies on a standard GNU/Linux machine, and then to use those floppies
on a Windows machine.  My kids sometimes do it for school (where Windows
is used).

(Unless more recent version of Windows use a different filesystem, in
which case I don't know how to answer your question.)

-- 
Lance Simmons