IE Bookmarks - Windows XP to Linux Mandrake 8.1

[SKORPI0]

I'd like to import/export my Bookmarks from Internet Explorer w/ Windows XP to Netscape w/ Linus Mandrake 8.1 Is this possible and how do I do it? TIA for any info.

Running Linux right now and trying it out......

 

[manly]

I'll assume you just need to manually access all your IE Favorites URLs under Linux.

Steps:

1. Mount Winblows filesystem
2. Locate Favorites folder
3. Recursively extract the URLs from the bookmark files

An example, performed as root:

# mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt

# cd "/mnt/Documents and Settings/skorpio/Favorites"

# find . -name "*.url" -exec cat '{}' ';' | grep "^URL"

When you're done, read the man pages for find and grep to understand what the tools are doing:

$ man find

$ man grep

 

[SKORPI0]

Thanks for the info.

Decided to use the Konqueror browser instead, Netscape fonts were too small. Under Bookmarks, found edit bookmarks. From there I used import Mozilla bookmarks and found my saved file "bookmarks.htm" via Mount point:/mnt/win_e/.

Looking at various websites via Linux OS surely adds a new perspective in my part.

Thanks again.

 

[NorthenLove]

SKORPI0 do yourself a favor and install your windows fonts as well under Mandrake using KDE's kfontinst program as root.