Mounting devices, commands, .exe files

scuba14c · 03-23-2006, 08:12 PM

I recently bought the MEPIS version of linux to install in some test computers. I have programs that I would like to install on these computers, but the files are all in Windows .exe format and I can't figure out if there is a way to convert these to work with Linux. Could anyone be of assistance?

I have a 40GB hard drive hooked up through a USB port. Using fdisk-l, I can see the drive is loaded, but not mounted. Can anyone give me the command to mount this, or better yet, a list of the linux system commands?

b0nd · 03-23-2006, 08:29 PM

hi,

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I recently bought the MEPIS version of linux to install in some test computers. I have programs that I would like to install on these computers, but the files are all in Windows .exe format and I can't figure out if there is a way to convert these to work with Linux. Could anyone be of assistance?

Crossover, Cedega, Wine are some programs using which you can run windows programs on linux.

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I have a 40GB hard drive hooked up through a USB port. Using fdisk-l, I can see the drive is loaded, but not mounted. Can anyone give me the command to mount this, or better yet, a list of the linux system commands?

first make a directory where this is to be mounted.
#mkdir /mnt/USB

now mount the usb h/d.
#mount /dev/sda /mnt/USB
replace /dev/sda with the entry of your USB in #fdisk -l.

regards

AwesomeMachine · 03-24-2006, 02:53 AM

There is a program called "xman". You type that at a command prompt, and it pops up. Inside are all the commands in linux. You can figure out how to work xman. It's easy.

scuba14c · 03-24-2006, 03:08 PM

Thank you for the help. I'll check to see if I can mount the drive.

scuba14c · 03-24-2006, 05:42 PM

I created the directory and tried to mount it but it gave me this message:
Can't find /dev/sda1/mnt/USB in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

I used the mountpoint command, and it told me that the directory I created was not a mountpoint.
What did I do wrong?

EDIT: I fixed the problem. I forgot the space between sda1 and /mnt.

Thanks for the help.

b0nd · 03-24-2006, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by scuba14c

I created the directory and tried to mount it but it gave me this message:
Can't find /dev/sda1/mnt/USB in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

I used the mountpoint command, and it told me that the directory I created was not a mountpoint.
What did I do wrong?

EDIT: I fixed the problem. I forgot the space between sda1 and /mnt.

Thanks for the help.

lol.......me too got struct at that line "/dev/sda1/mnt/USB" (thought it would be a new command........just kidding

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