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Komunjara
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 Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 6:15 pm Post subject: What is the best way...... (solved) |
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Well i finally want to switch from winxp to linux. The reason being is that openoffice happily opens all of my officexp documents.
Ways to achieve a migration:
1)Copy to cd (act as backup) - (but the question is will linux read from a cd that is created in winxp, i don't know what kind of filesystem will be created on the cd) *my favorite way
2)Make small fat32 partition and copy all my docs to that and then copy them to linux
Thanks in advance.
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Fitzsimmons
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| Linux can read NTFS just fine. Just compile read support into the kernel and away you go. BTW, all CDs use the same filesysystem. Actually, that's a bit of a generalization because there is a difference between data CDs and Audio CDs, but generally, you should never need to worry about incompatablility with CDs. In any case, you shouldn't need a CD anway, since you can mount your NTFS partition readonly. |
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Komunjara
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Thanks, that's good news. The reason why i want to copy my documents to a cd is becuase it is time for a backup anyway. I don't want my ntfs winxp partition anymore. Good ridence to winxp. I don't play games that much anymore so i really have no need for windows. My only pastime is programming in c++ so i am all set.
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pizen
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| ssjf wrote: | | Linux can read NTFS just fine. Just compile read support into the kernel and away you go. BTW, all CDs use the same filesysystem. Actually, that's a bit of a generalization because there is a difference between data CDs and Audio CDs, but generally, you should never need to worry about incompatablility with CDs. In any case, you shouldn't need a CD anway, since you can mount your NTFS partition readonly. |
Yes, except that CDs created in Windows have MS's Joliet extensions in addition to the ISO 9660 filesystem. Luckily you can compile Joliet support into the kernel as well. |
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Komunjara
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is that the only additional thing i have to do?
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pizen
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Should be. |
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Fitzsimmons
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| pizen wrote: | | Yes, except that CDs created in Windows have MS's Joliet extensions in addition to the ISO 9660 filesystem. Luckily you can compile Joliet support into the kernel as well. |
Leave it to windows to fuck-up the International Standards  Everything would have been perfectly standardized without the Joliet exentions. |
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pizen
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| ssjf wrote: | | Leave it to windows to fuck-up the International Standards Everything would have been perfectly standardized without the Joliet exentions. |
It's not just Microsoft. It's Apple too. |
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Fitzsimmons
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I also forgot that *ix uses that transparent compression  . I guess just about everyone is equally as quilty, and I take back my vulgur comments about Micro$oft. |
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