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How-To: Teach Linux To Do Windows, Part 1: Page 26 of 32

cd /home/username

mkdir test

The file managers that come with the FC2 distribution don't work well when dealing with large numbers of files, like the 120,000++files that copying my Windows working environment to Win4Lin required. For this task, you are better off using the command line instructions.

However, you are also better off waiting to move your Windows drive working files until after you have installed Win4Lin/Windows. When you move to your new environment, you will want access to the latest versions of all your files, particularly mailboxes/folders. Once your Windows drive is mounted, you can experiment with Linux applications by copying them into your Linux /home/username directory by:

cd /path/filename