On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 04:03:05PM -0600, Rodney G. Garayt wrote: > I'm still trying to understand some of the particularities of the Linux file > system - how it's organized and in particular what happens when installing > software. I'm very familiar with windows but haven't gotten the hang of it on > Linux yet. Your response leads me to this question: If a "fake windows > partition in your /home/Rodney/ directory" gets created, does that mean that > only Rodney will be able to access it? Will other users be able to access it > also? Wine can map Windows drive letters to linux directories. For example, CodeWeavers CrossOver Office v1.0.0 set up the following drive mappings by default on my Red Hat 7.3 beta machine: C: fake_windows (${HOME}/cxoffice/dotwine/cxoffice/fake_windows) M: /mnt/cdrom X: /tmp Y: ${HOME} Z: / -- Joel Schneider Yan Xin Qigong in Minneapolis joel at joelschneider.net http://yanxinqigong.minneapolis.mn.us/