Re: how to see other partition?
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Dutch wrote:
> I have winxp on hda1, linux on hda2 and swap on hda3.
>
> Lilo, in MBR...
>
> How do I go about making the windows partiton visible/usable from
> Linux (debian)?
>
> Is it making other file systems in the kernel or...?
It depends somewhat on what file system type WinXP is using in hda1. From a
Linux perspective, VFAT is safer than NTFS, especially for read-write. If
you don't already know the type, use cfdisk to check it out.
Assuming that your kernel supports the file system type, then do:
mount -t <type> -o ro /dev/hda1 /mnt
where "<type>" is probably either "vfat" or "ntfs".
If that seems to work, you can mount it read-write by dropping the "-o ro"
for vfat, but I don't know if it's advisable to do so for ntfs:
umount /dev/hda1
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt
If you want to get at it from other IDs than root, you might also have to use
the "uid=" & "gid=" mount options, such as:
mount -t vfat -o ro,uid=1000,gid=1000 /dev/hda1 /mnt
You might also want to create a more descriptive mount point, such as:
mkdir /WinXP
mount -t vfat -o ro,uid=1000,gid=1000 /dev/hda1 /WinXP
To unmount it, do:
umount /dev/hda1
To look at the mounted file systems, just do:
mount
To make it automatic, translate the mount command into an entry in
/etc/fstab.
> What man page would explain this?
mount(8)
fstab(5)
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Jay Ford, Network Engineering Group, Information Technology Services
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
email: jay-ford@uiowa.edu, phone: 319-335-5555, fax: 319-335-5505
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