Mount windows drive

davholla · 09-08-2005, 02:43 AM

I have got my PC partitioned between Win XP and Knoppix 3.9. How can I see the windows drive whilst using Linux ?

perfect_circle · 09-08-2005, 02:53 AM

can you post the results of those two commands:

Code:

/sbin/fdisk -l

(thats a small L not a 1)

Code:

cat /etc/fstab

SkyEye · 09-08-2005, 03:33 AM

You can list the partitions with the above. Then you might want to mount the Windows partition manually.

Knoppix usually mount Windows partitions read-only. But if this is not the case you can always mount them.

For the following I assume that your Windows FAT partition is /dev/hda6 (hd - Hard disk, a - 1st hard disk, 6 - sixth partition). If it's NTFS and if your Knoppix doesn't support NTFS things will get a little more complex.

First, create a directory to mount the Windows partition into (or you can use an existing unused one)
Ex:

Code:

mkdir ~/winp

This will create a directory called 'winp' in your home directory.

Then using the following you can mount the Windows partition (/dev/hda5)

Code:

mount /dev/hda6 ~/winp/

or (if it asks for file system type)

Code:

mount -t vfat /dev/hda6 ~/winp/

For options for mounting (eg: read-only, real-time writing) refer the man pages.

After that you can browse you Windows partition at 'winp' directory in your home directory.

davholla · 09-08-2005, 03:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by perfect_circle
can you post the results of those two commands:

Code:

/sbin/fdisk -l

(thats a small L not a 1)

Code:

cat /etc/fstab

Code:

/sbin/fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1               1        2433    19543041    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2            2434        4440    16121227+  83  Linux
/dev/hda3            4441        4473      265072+   5  Extended
/dev/hda4   *        4474        4788     2530237+  1c  Hidden W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda5            4441        4473      265041   82  Linux swap / Solaris

davholla · 09-08-2005, 03:59 AM

Code:

cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: filesystem table.
#
# filesystem  mountpoint  type  options  dump  pass
/dev/hda2  /  reiserfs  defaults  0  1

proc  /proc  proc  defaults  0  0
/dev/fd0  /floppy  vfat  defaults,user,noauto,showexec,umask=022  0  0
usbfs  /proc/bus/usb  usbfs  devmode=0666  0  0
sysfs  /sys  sysfs  defaults  0  0
tmpfs  /dev/shm  tmpfs defaults  0  0
/dev/cdrom /cdrom  iso9660  defaults,ro,users,noexec,noauto  0  0
/dev/cdrom1 /cdrom1  iso9660  defaults,ro,users,noexec,noauto  0  0
/dev/dvd /dvd  iso9660  defaults,ro,users,noexec,noauto  0  0
/dev/cdrom1 /mnt/auto/cdrom1  auto   users,noauto,exec,ro 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,umask=000 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda4 /mnt/hda4 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda5 none swap defaults 0 0

SkyEye · 09-08-2005, 04:09 AM

Your partitions should be already mounted according to your following posting

# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,umask=000 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda4 /mnt/hda4 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0

Check your /mnt/hda1 and /mnt/hda4 directories.

(NOTE)
Sorry, I was in a hurry that I didn't see the noauto option. Following by perfect_circle should work.

perfect_circle · 09-08-2005, 04:27 AM

No, there is a noauto option in the entry, so the partition is not automatically mounted when booting.
try

Code:

mount /mnt/hda1

to mount it and then browse to /mnt/hda1.
to make it mount automatically when booting remove the noauto option

davholla · 09-08-2005, 04:30 AM

I can not see anything in them, if I cd /mnt/hdx (x-1 or4) and do ls I get no results.
I can see any files there.

davholla · 09-09-2005, 02:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by perfect_circle
No, there is a noauto option in the entry, so the partition is not automatically mounted when booting.
try

Code:

mount /mnt/hda1

to mount it and then browse to /mnt/hda1.
to make it mount automatically when booting remove the noauto option

that works thanks a lot !

I will try the removing noauto option later.

gizza23 · 02-28-2007, 10:53 AM

Great work guys. Found this thread and avoided starting my own.

geoffrey · 06-16-2008, 08:57 AM

And how about mounting a disk from a remote windows server?
Do you guys know this too?

Nylex · 06-16-2008, 12:46 PM

Use Samba.

geoffrey · 06-17-2008, 06:29 AM

samba is for mounting a Linux Disk share for availability in windows. but i want it other way around. from linux to windows share.
Or is there also samba "for windows" package?

Nylex · 06-17-2008, 07:01 AM

Do you want to mount a Windows share under Linux, or something else? If the former, then you can use smbmount, which is part of Samba.

pdk_ · 01-01-2010, 07:14 PM

Hello ,

Because of virus, my windows vista notebook is not booting. So i am using the Knoppix cd to boot, and i am very new to this.

Now i donot know , how to access the windows files.

I also donot know, where my windows files are located.

when i type
/sbin/fdisk -l

/dev/sda1 * 1 17960 144263668+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 17961 19457 12024652+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

How do i findout the partition for windows and access my files..?

Any help is very much appreciated..