which one are you trying to do?? convert your ext3 to dos formatted filesystem or create a new dos partition out of your existing partitions ??
it is possible to create a dos partition with existing partitions, you would have to use partition magic to keep existing data, which would be the safest way.. but i don't know of a program that would read the mp3's from the linux partition to the dos..
its always easier to read a dos or windows partition from linux... as dos and windows doesn't have any programs or can't see linux filesystems..
most people read their mp3's stored on their windows partition from within linux...
i basically think what you want isn't going to work... either find a mp3 player you can deal with or backup your mp3's and get them on a windows partition, install windows then install linux for your dual boot, as windows doesn't like to be, lets say, not installed at the beginning of the hard drive in a dual boot situation most of the time...
maybe someone else might know of a way.. i tend to load windows first, then linux on dual boots.. but you can't easily read linux filesystems and files from dos or windows with ease.
you could however look into Wine or vmware, windows emulator to load windows programs within linux to use..
Last edited by trickykid; 01-14-2002 at 11:58 PM.
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