Re: [Pan-users] Re: How to install Pan on XP?

[Jeff Vian]

On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 06:21 -0500, Michael A Chase tech wrote:
> On 02/16/2005 08:17 AM, beartooth said:
> 
> > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:08:03 -0500, Michael A Chase tech wrote:
> > 
> >> What are you using to give WinXP access to the Fedora partition?
> > 
> ...
> > install. The relevant point, I imagine, is that we gave that
> > partition a file system which is called one name in linux and another
> > name in Windows, but which both can read; one of the names is vfat,
> > but I disremember which.
> 
> Any large (>120MB) FAT based filesystem uses space very, very, very
> inefficiently, but both MSWin and Linux can read and write in it.  I was
> hoping you'd found a driver for WinXP that would allow normal programs
> full access to a Linux native filesystem.
> 
> >>> I downloaded what looked to be the main file, using Fedora, and
> >>> moved it onto the /shared partition. Then I noticed a couple of
> >>> gtk files, a .txt and a .exe; so I downloaded them, too, also
> >>> using Fedora, and moved them as well.
> >>> 
> >>> But now what do I do?
> >> 
> >> You run the .exe files under WinXP to actually install them.
> > 
> > Hmmmm .... iow, from the start menu I go to Run, tell it cmd, enter,
> > copy the name of the .exe to the prompt, and hit enter again??
> 
> That would work.  I would normally start cmd.exe in Run, cd to the
> download directory, and then run the two .exe files in turn.
> 
even easier, since XP is gui based.

Open up the My Computer icon, navigate to the shared folder, and double
click on each file name to be installed in turn.