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  From: Andrew Galdes <galdes1@iprimus.com.au>
  To  : David Lloyd <lloy0076@rebel.net.au>
  Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 17:00:38 +1030

Re: partition copy problem

i am using mandrake 7.2.
i havnt modified the kernel at all or modules.
i have tried the following:

cp /home/joe/directory/* /mnt/windows_partition

from both kde2 and consul (no X)

cheers
andrew galdes
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On Friday 12 January 2001 16:58, you wrote:
> Andrew!
>
> > the problem is this: i can see and delete anything from my windows
> > partition but i cant seem to copy anything to it with reliability. KDE
> > seems to lock up (and consol) when i try to compy anything to that disk.
>
> So, KDE fails and console (with no X) fails...
>
> > any idea?
>
> What:
>
> * version of the kernel are you running
>  - and who built it?
> * distribution
>
> ??
>
> File system stuff is built into, or made as a module to, the kernel
> hence if you see funny things happening AND it happens under /bin/bash
> or /bin/sh (i.e. you're not using a graphical, even a console graphical
> interface) it's possible the kernel itself may be at fault.
>
> If I were to hazard a guess you're using RedHat 7.0 and Great Cockup
> Compile 2.96...but that's only a guess.
>
> DL

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