hard drive mount

pocat · 09-09-2006, 11:10 AM

I added a harddrive to my computer. I loaded RH9. I set my original drive (windows ntfs) as the slave. How can I determine what linux see this drive as? And how do I mount it so I can retrieve files off of it. I would like to learn how to retrieve jpg files from my old windows hard drive and burn them to a dvd using rh9. Can anyone direct me in the right direction.
Also what is the prefered software for burning a data DVD

Thanks in advance from another

w3bd3vil · 09-09-2006, 11:25 AM

you could mount by
mount /dev/hdax /mnt
where hdax is your ntfs partition and mnt is your mount point

or you could download a ntfs comptability prog from, linux-ntfs.sf.net
and this will enable for you an option ntfsmount
ntfsmount /dev/hdax /mnt

pocat · 09-09-2006, 11:46 AM

I think I have determined that linux is seeing my drive ad hdd.

and the only partition is hdd1 does this sound correct?

i created a directory under /mnt as winhd

so

mount /dev/hdd1 /mnt/winhd

should be ther correct command?

pocat · 09-09-2006, 11:51 AM

when i try that command I get

mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel

I'm guessing I need to add a module to support ntfs

pocat · 09-09-2006, 12:23 PM

thanks for the help, I was able to get an ntfs module and got the hd mounted.
I'll have to figure out how to make it load itself at bootup.

thanks again.

w3bd3vil · 09-09-2006, 01:08 PM

edit your /etc/fstab and add the ntfs drive there.

b0uncer · 09-09-2006, 01:12 PM

Yup, add this line to your /etc/fstab file (it's a good habit to add one linefeed after this last line, just in case):

Code:

/dev/hdd1 /mnt/winhd ntfs auto,users,umask=022 0 0

That would mount the drive automatically at bootup as read-only to the place you specified in your own post, so that any user on your pc can access the drive and read data from there. If you don't want this to happen, either remove umask=022 from the options list or alter the value to suit you better.

pocat · 09-11-2006, 06:13 PM

This is what I put in my fstab before recieving your message. Will you tell me what the differences are? and what I should change.:

/dev/hdd1 /mnt/winhd ntfs ro,umask=0222

thanks again I'm trying to understand.

also when I boot up I'm getting an error saying
cannot Stat cdrom that's all I've been able to catch as it scrolls by.
what would be the proper way to determine what is causing the error.

TIA

Pocat

w3bd3vil · 09-11-2006, 07:20 PM

check it out here
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Fstab

pocat · 09-12-2006, 01:56 AM

I like that thanks.

okay now I look in my /dev folder and don't see any /dev/cdrom I looked because I was trying to mount a cdrom.
I did find two (what looks to me like) symbolic links for cdwriter. am I missing something?

I'm trying the total emersion approach to linux. I've been MS free for about 8 days now.
Thanks again