Accessing FAT partition from fedora

linux_ub · 07-09-2004, 09:20 AM

Hi

i have a dual boot laptop running FC1 and win xp on fat32
how can i access the contents of my fat partition thru linux

thanks

darin3200 · 07-09-2004, 10:18 AM

This is more a linux-general question then programming but something along the lines of
mkdir /mnt/windows
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

of course you might have to change /dev/hda1 if that isn't partition, do something as root like

'less /etc/fstab'

to see what the other partitions are (possibly hdbx) but it will probably be hda1

You might also want to search for this, it probably has been asked before

linux_ub · 07-09-2004, 10:29 AM

it is hda1 ...also do i need to have root privelages to carry out the mounting ??

darin3200 · 07-09-2004, 12:15 PM

Yes, and you will have to be root to read it. There is a way to allow normal users to access the driver by adding 'user' under options in your /etc/fstab but you might want to look into that a bit more because /etc/fstab is a very sensitive file

crabboy · 07-09-2004, 03:38 PM

Moving to Linux-General.