Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:24:38 02/16/00
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On February 15, 2000 at 23:03:43, Pete Galati wrote: >I'm expecting to add Linux to one of the partitions in my new HD. I'm also >expecting to have a 2Gb partition for tablebases (a luxury to me). What I'm >expecting to do is to format the tablebase partition with Dos' format, might not >even put them in a directory, the tablebasas could just go in the root directory >for all I care. > >Will there be any reason why Chess programs in Linux _won't_ be able to use >those tablebases when they're on a Dos formated drive? My guess is that it >_won't_ effect anything, because they're on Linux when I download them, and they >work ok in Windows and Dos. Is there something that I'm misunderstandings here? Should work ok. It won't be as efficient as if you put 'em on a a native ext2 file system, but you can mount the dos partition and linux will allow the engine(s) to read it fine, if a bit slower than usual. > >Also, is there an easy way that I can rename a large block of tablebases, so >that I could also use them with Dos Comet? For example; "kbkp.nbw.emd" needs to >be renamed "kbkpnbw.emd" (that one "dot" needs to be removed) in order for me to >use them with Dos Comet, but even though this _almost_ seems like the sort of >thing that would be right up Dos' alley, that extra "dot" is something that just >gives the old 16bit Dos commands a case of brain freeze. > >Would that have to be a job of renaming them one at a time? > >Thanks. > >Pete
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