Thanks so much, Mike ... as it turns out, everything was ALREADY configured exactly as you described, so the windows partition was already available, i just wasn't smart enough to know it ...
i'm going back to study the manual some more :-) thanks again for your help. kennM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Scottaline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux > On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 17:55:05 -0600 > "kenn yahoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled in frustration: > > > thanks, derek, and you, too, mike and ed ... > > > > please excuse the newbieness of this question, but how do i mount the > > windows partition? i've read the man pages and info pages for the > > "mount" command but i still don't quite get it ... and how do i view > > what partitions are AVAILABLE for mounting? > ========================================= > Partitions available for mounting can be found in the file /etc/fstab. > You can open that (even as an ordinary user) in just about any text > editor, or in a terminal, just type "cat /etc/fstab" w/o the quotes. If > there is not a line for your windows partition, you'll need to add one as > root.. Something like: > > /dev/hdax /mnt/win98 vfat user,noauto 0 0 > > The x above represents the partition number of your windows drive (quite > possibly hda1). You'll need to creat a directory in /mnt for windows, if > it doesn't already exist. In a terminal, su to root, then type "cd /mnt" > (w/o quotes) That should bring you to your /mnt directory. Now type > "mkdir win" (or win98, or whatever). Once you've edited /etc/fstab, and > added the appropriate directory to /mnt, the all you need do is type > "mount /mnt/win98" (or whatever you've called it). Type "umount > /mnt/win98" (w/o quotes as usual) to unmount the directory. See man mount > for more help. HTH, > Mike > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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