Sharing files with WinXP Pro and RH9

Makochild · 01-29-2004, 05:32 PM

Im trying to get WinXP Pro and RH9 to share files like mp3s, wallpapers, etc...

How would i go about doing this?

after looking at partitioning magic, the HDD is hdb2

CycloLink · 01-29-2004, 05:51 PM

I am guessing that it is a dual boot?

h/w · 01-29-2004, 06:21 PM

hi,
you will have to load the ntfs and vfat modules for your ntfs and fat partitions resp. using modprobe.

Makochild · 01-29-2004, 06:24 PM

yes it is a dual boot. The drive i want the os's to share is a fat32 drive.

sudoer · 01-29-2004, 11:06 PM

the easiest way would be to create a folder in /mnt such as /mnt/winxp.
you would then want to mount the hdd by typing in as root

mount /dev/hdb2 /mnt/winxp

if you want to have it mount when red hat starts, you need to add this line to /etc/fstab

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/winxp auto defaults,user 0 0

sudoer · 01-29-2004, 11:08 PM

whoops, /etc/fstab should be

/dev/hdb2 /mnt/winxp auto defaults,user 0 0

Makochild · 01-30-2004, 01:57 AM

edit: got it working.

Thanks

sudoer · 02-05-2004, 11:45 PM

If you have problems doing it that way, try replacing the 'auto' with the type of filesystem.

ex.

/dev/hdb2 /mnt/winxp vfat defaults,user 0 0