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Linux is able to read [Windows] partitions by [mounting|mount(8)] them onto the filesystem.
-Simply:
- mkdir /mnt/
windows
- mount /dev/hda1
/mnt/windows
+If you have a modern distro, your
windows partiton was probably added when you installed. Try looking in the
/mnt/ directory using your FileManager and see if there is a directory called '
windows' or similar. If so, then simply clicking on it should show the contents of your C drive.
-where hda1
is the first partition on the primary hard disk (this is usually correct)
+If there
is no such folder you will have to make one yourself.
-[mount
(8
)] should [automagically|AutoMagic] discover the partition type if it is fat32, but if it doesn't you can add ''-t vfat'' to the mount command.
-
-The same goes for [NTFS] drives, using ''-t ntfs'' instead.
-RedHat linux doesn't have [NTFS] drivers built into the kernel, but you can add it yourself if you need to read [Windows] XP/2000/NT4 drives.
%%%
-[http://linuxexperience.com/tutorials/redhatntfs.php]
-
-To make it easier, you can add a line to /etc/fstab to let you mount the partition on bootup, or just by simply typing
- mount
/mnt/windows
-
-These instructions allow you to have read/write access to your windows drive as a normal user.%%%
-__WARNING: it is a BadThing to write to an [NTFS] drive from in linux. Chances are you will lose your [Windows] install (which isn't always a bad thing :)__ Don't follow these instructions if you run an [NTFS] drive.%%%
-
-1. Login as root user
-2. Create a new group:
-
- #groupadd windows
-
-3. Find out what the new ID number for the group is:
-
- #cat /etc/group
-
-Output will look similiar to this:
- windows:x:501:
-;:501 here is the new group ID
-
-4. Make your user a member of the new group:
- #usermod -G windows username
-;:Replace username with the name of the user you want to have access
+Run
(as root
):
%%%
+ mkdir
/mnt/windows
-5. Check and see if
you are now a member of the
windows group:
- #groups username
+If
you are running Windows 9x then runing
+ mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/
windows
+from a terminal window as root should be enough to mount your C drive onto /mnt/windows where you can access it.
-;:Output
will look like this:
- username : username
windows
+If you are running Windows 2000 or XP you
will have to use
+ mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/
windows
-6. Edit /etc/fstab and save
the changes
:
-
/dev
/hda1
/mnt
/win vfat auto,gid=501,umask=007 1 2
+FedoraCore doesn't have [NTFS] drivers built into
the kernel, so you can't read windows 2000 / XP drives with it. You can however install [pre-compiled NTFS kernel RPMS for Fedora|http
://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net
/rpm
/fedora2.html] to make it work.
-7. Unmount/remount
the drive
- #umount
/mnt
/windows
- #
mount /mnt/windows
+You can add
the following to your
/etc
/fstab file to make your computer automatically
mount the partition when you boot into linux. If you are using Windows 2000
/XP replace the ''vfat'' with ''ntfs''.
-Login as your regular user and you should have read
/write access.
+
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat auto 0
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