/dev/hda1 is a device file. it is the kernel's abstraction of the physical collection of the disk blocks that make up a partition.
raw tools like dd can overwrite those blocks. if you want to destroy /dev/hda1's data try dd'ing or cat'ing /dev/zero to it. however to read it in the normal way as a filesystem you need something that will understand the filesystem that resides on the disk blocks. enter mount, which understands various filesystems. On Mon, 24 May 2004 11:12:42 +1200 Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That worked... > > There must be a basic concept idea that I'm missing here but why can't I > just see the volume at /dev/hda1 ? > > Why do I have to mount it? > > Sorry if this is a dumb ass question. > > Cheers Don > > On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 10:33, Nick Rout wrote: > > first make a place to mount it > > > > # mkdir /mnt/win > > > > then mount it > > > > #mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/win > > > > it should pick up the filesystem type automatically, if not re run the > > command like: > > > > #mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win > > > > then you will be able to browse the file system under /mnt/win > > > > it will be mounted with permissions root;root, you can change thit like > > this: > > > > first establish your uid and gid: > > > > #id don > > > > if it tells you your uid=1000 and your gid=500 then: > > > > mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/win -o uid=1000,gid=500 > > > > On Mon, 24 May 2004 10:22:49 +1200 > > Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The first patition on the disk is Fat32. > > > > > > How do I see (mount?) that within rh9? > > > > > > Cheers Don -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
