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-Linux is able to read [Windows
] partitions by [mounting|mount(8)] them onto the filesystem
.
+Linux is able to read [MicrosoftWindows
] partitions by [mounting|mount(8)] them onto the FileSystem
.
-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.
+If you have a modern [LinuxDistribution]
, 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. If there is no such folder, you will have to make one yourself
.
-If there is no such folder you will have to make one yourself.
+Run (as root): =mkdir /mnt/windows=
-Run (
as root):%%%
- mkdir
/mnt/windows
+If you are running Windows 9x then running =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.
-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
.
+If you are running Windows 2000 or XP you will have to use =
mount -t ntfs
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows=
.
-If
you are running
Windows 2000 or
XP you will have to use
- mount
-t ntfs
/dev
/hda1
/mnt
/windows
+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.
-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
.
+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'':
-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''.
+=
/dev
/hda1
/mnt/windows
vfat auto 0 =
-
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat auto 0
+If you have multple hard discs, or an out-of-the-ordinary setup, you'll need to change
/dev/hda1 to reflect the correct location of your partitions.
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