Accessing data from another os
 

hai all,
i have dual OS ..one is red hat enterprise 5 edition and another is windows xp....i would like to retrieve some datas from windows xp to my red hat linux....is there any way to do tis .i m a beginer to linux..please help me out in this.........thnks in advance...
-----------------------fizeen

If the Oses are on the same machine i.e. if you have a dual boot machine then you will have to mount the windows drives in linux. If the machines are on the network, you will need a samba server that will allow you file sharing between linux and windows machines.

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thnks the systme is a stand alone system ....it is not in the network....how can i mount the windows drives in linux....i m lame linux user..please guide me

You can find out the partitions on which windows is installed by giving the command
sudo fdisk -l
Assuming that you have only one hdd in your system, it is probably sda.
If windows is installed in sda1 and formatted as ntfs you need
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/win.
You will need to have ntfs-3g tool installed. You can install it using the package manager of your distribution and /mnt/win directory should exist. You can mount it anywhere you wish.
If you want to make the changes permanent or wish to mount the drives at boot time, edit the /etc/fstab file accordingly.

thnks chaitanya.....with ur kind support i think i m on the right track....thing is i dont have internet connectivity so whenever i download a rpm and install it my system it is showning me a error...dependencies not found...i have downloaded the ntfs-3g rpm....is there any way to solve the problem chaitanya.i heard rpm cmd with --nodeps will solve the dependency problem...will it hep me out frm this problem without givin problems in future..thnks in advance

well really speaking, --nodeps will solve your problems just for the sake. It will not look for dependencies and install it any way. rpm command will tell you what dependencies are to be met. If you can download them, well and good. Otherwise, try installing it with --nodeps option.

Hai chaitanya
 

Thnks chaitanya...is it possible to get rpm's with its needed dependencies....i would greatly appreciate if can u provide me the link for both vlc and ntfs-3g(rpm + its dependencies included).......i also need to create kick start configiration file for RHEL 5....i need it be done for my home pc...it has nothing to do for network systems...its a workgroup system...wat will be ur solution for this.....i really dont know to configure kick start file....hopefully i think it has to be done through a boot media(CD-ROM)...plz guide me how to do tis.....thnks

You can get rpms from dag wieers. Just google for it. You will get information about dependencies when you install them.
I do not remember exactly how to create kickstart file but there is some tool in rhel that helps you create it. You can search the forum and you will find the answer.

thnks a lot chaitanya...u r really helpful...

My pleasure I could help someone.

Hai chaitanya
 

chaitanya if u have any interview question bank for redhat linux please send it to me......thnks in advance

Subject..Windows file access demonstration

Hai Chaitanya,
I have installed CENTOS 5.0...I have configured samba in it...my configuration works fine.......FYI i haven't configured DNS or DHCP ..its a work group....i just want to see hw samba works out by accessing the files shared in linux server via samba in my windows xp....how can i do this ..Thnks in advance...

Fizeen,

this is a double post and is generally frowned upon here.


Please see my response to your separate thread on this.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ration-690617/