I installed a hard drive (used on another mandrake install) that has some data on it. This drive hdd1 is set as slave and its mount point is /mnt/windows.

When I view the parition size using a partition tool or just the properties of the disk it shows that around 35% of the disk is being used ( which I am assuming is my data).

However, my data is not there?

I have tried changing the permissions and ownership of this drive and no luck.

Any ideas?

No ideas?

Check that you're mounting with the right FS type, maybe. That probably isn't the problem, but it can't hurt to check.

mikedeatworld - it's unclear to me whether you are reporting that the /dev/hdd1 partition is 35% full, or that you're saying the Windows partition occupies 35% of the slave drive (in other words, the single physical drive may have been partitioned into a C:\, D:\, and E:\ drive, and you're only looking at C:\ ) Also, I'm not sure how to interpret the "However, my data is not there? " comment. Are you asking a quesiton or making a statement?

Either way, could you clarify the situation by adding more detail? Additionally, if you could also post the results of running the df command, as well as the contents of your fstab, that would be very helpful, and would make it easier to analyze your question. -- J.W.

/dev/hdd1 appears to be 35% full according to the properties of the partition/drive when viewed.

What I ment by my data no being there is, when I mount the drive and navigate to its directory, there are 0 directories.

Here is my fstab:

/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hdd6 /downloads vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hdd5 /win_e vfat defaults 0 0 //this is the drive in question
/dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0

During the boot process there is an error (something like this)

Incorrect file type or too many mounted paritions, or wrong file type.

df:

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
5.8G 1.9G 3.7G 34% /
/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part6
7.4G 7.4G 0 100% /downloads
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6
6.3G 741M 5.6G 12% /home

J.W. I hope this helps. If you could help any this would be great! Thank you...

Mike D.

Thanks all for your input.

After restarting X, I was able to access my data.

However, I cannot change ownership of this partition/dir

Mike D - I think the problem is just with a typo in your fstab. You reported that the hdd1 partition was the problem, but in your fstab, the "drive in question" is listed as hdd5. Additionally, the mountpoint is shown as /win_e in fstab but based on your earlier note it should be /mnt/windows

To fix this issue, I would recommend changing the "drive in question" line to read
That should take care of it, based on the description in your original post. I would also strongly recommend performing a manual mount first using the above parameters however, just to confirm that the results are what you expect. If it doesn't work, then don't change fstab. If the results are favorable, and you can access your data, then and only then would you want to make changes to fstab. In any case, it would also be a good idea to make a copy of the existing fstab, just in case you need to restore to it. Good luck with it -- J.W.