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Old 02-18-2005, 06:55 PM   #1
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how can actived access to the windows partitions from the linux?


i create a folder in the name "winndows" inside the folder "mmt"
but still there is not access to windows patitions why and how am actived them?
the windows patitions are fat32.
 
Old 02-18-2005, 07:11 PM   #2
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Is there an entry in your fstab that is mounting your windows partition to that folder?
if not,
mount -t vfat /dev/hda4 /mnt/windows

Assuming that /dev/hda4 is the windows partition, the number will change based on which partition it is.
 
Old 02-20-2005, 03:57 AM   #3
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s.o.s

i actived c(xp drive) dvice but i can delete now,i don't want that options only to copy file or read the drivers of the fat 32,how can i cancel that?

and is that gona after the next rest?

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Old 02-20-2005, 06:01 AM   #4
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you can mount it as read only in your fstab.

Depending on how you deleted it, it might be in your linux's trash or it could be gone.
 
Old 02-20-2005, 07:36 AM   #5
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that what i want that to be read only

how am i fixxing that?

second question:how am i disactive the fat 32 partitions?
if i actived them already meanning.
 
Old 02-20-2005, 06:45 PM   #6
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umount /mnt/windows to dismount the partition
 
Old 02-22-2005, 09:54 AM   #7
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thanks it's works and why the xmms and the mplayer wan't play

file that found on the partition of the fat32?
in the linux partition they play all the files.
meaning i actived the access to the fat32 partitions and i can pass and explorer this partitionsbut not lisen music.why?

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Old 02-22-2005, 12:59 PM   #8
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Re: thanks it's works and why the xmms and the mplayer wan't play

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file that found on the partition of the fat32?
That sentence doesn't make any sense.
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in the linux partition they play all the files. meaning i actived the access to the fat32 partitions and i can pass and explorer this partitionsbut not lisen music.why?
Are you trying to open files by clicking on them, or using a program and telling that program to open the file? Odds are if you open XMMS and tell it to play the certain file, it will.
 
Old 02-22-2005, 01:59 PM   #9
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it's going like that:

there is 3 partitions:
hda1(xp partition-fat 32)
hda2-3(linux partitions)
hdb1(fat 32 only there isn't xp or linux on him)

now i am taking about a status that hda1 and hdb1 are actived already.
with the order:
"mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows"
and the order:
"mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt/music"

now if am tring to lisen to a song or watch a movie from the linux patitions it's work fine and there isn't no any problem at all.
now if am tring to lisen to a song or watch a movie from the fat 32 partitions its isn't work.
why?
 
Old 02-22-2005, 04:22 PM   #10
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Since my last questions didn't get answered, there are 2 possiblilites i can think of.

Possibility #1 (assumes that your clicking the mp3 file from a browser of some sort)
This is a complete guess, but I'm going to say because with a native linux filesystem, the linux Operating system might store meta-data about the file which would include what program it should open with. Since it is on a Fat32 filesystem, it can't do that.

Possibility #2 (assumes that you used a program like xmms and told it to open the file through File->Open)
If it simply access the file, but you can see them from a command prompt, then there has to be something wrong with the Fat32 support in your kernel. My suggestion would be to copy the files to another hard drive. reformat the music drive /dev/hdb1 as fat32 again and put the data back onto /dev/hdb1
 
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i tryed the next things:

first i want to say that there is only problem with the music/movies files on the windows partitions but if am tring to play/watch music/movies from the linux partition its work! fine

1:\ trying to open files by clicking on them
2:\using a program and telling that program to open the file (xmms and mplayer and real player and the rest of the music programs that installed on the linux)

sample one: i am tring to open with XMMS and tell it to play the certain file, and it close the program and not playing/showwing the certain file.
sample two: i am telling the mplayer play with the termainal like that "mplayer roni.mp3/avi/mpg" and it's wan't play.

now again this problem is only with the movies and the songs on the windows partitions!!!

so i thinks it's an access problem,but it's only a guess and if it's does,how give this access?
 
  


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