hi there its me again. i just want to know how can i transfer my old files from fedora core 4 to debian?

this is my setting

Primary HD ---> Debian Partition
Decondary HD ---> Fedora Core 4 Partition

actually i try the same Fedora but my new fedora cant read the old files from the other hard drive.

is this posible or imposible?

When you say files what you mean? Like text docs and stuff? Or you mean programs that are installed? The problem you will have with programs is they have libs and what not that would have to be transfered, this could be a mess. Would be better just to apt-get or yum install whatever.

my webfiles and mysql files. and other downloaded files....

Assuming you're using a Gnome destop, there should be a desktop icon named 'Computer.' It works just like 'My Computer' on Windows. You should be able to navigate from there to see any file on any drive, and use copy and paste, drag 'n drop or whatever to move them around.

the only showing in computer is (Cd Romm, File System, Networking)

i cant see the other hard disk.

When you say you can't see the hard drive that is probably because it is not mounted. Every linux partition, in fact, every disk partition needs an entry in "/etc/fstab". That is the file that lists all your file systems, and various things about each one. An fstab entry works like this:

/dev/hdb /mnt/oldfedora ext3 defaults 0 0

"/dev/hdb" is the device file for the partition, in "/dev".
"/mnt/oldfedora" is an ordinary directory you make with "mkdir"
"ext3" is the file system type. This needs to be set for the type of file system, so it might need to be "ext2", "reiserfs" or something like that.
"defaults" gives read/write access, and typical options.
"0 0" tells linux not to check the drive on boot up. "0 1" tells linux to check the drive first on boot up. "0 2" tells it to check that drive second on bootup. You cannot have two drives with identical numbers in this spot unless they are "0 0"

Once you have an fstab line for your old fedora partition, you just go to the "/mnt" directory in any file browser, or a shell, mount the drive with "mount /mnt/oldfedora", and cd to it with "cd /mnt/oldfedora". Then, do "ls" and make sure the files are available. Do "cp -r *" /home/<user>". This will transfer all the files. But, if you only want to transfer "/home" from the old install do "cp -r /home/* /home/<user>.

hi! thank you for help i think your guide maybe work, but i have problem while entering the command.

i also create /mnt/oldfedora folder for mounting.

v-rockro:~# /dev/hdb /mnt/oldfedora ext3 defaults 0 0
bash: /dev/hdb: Permission denied
v-rockro:~#

EDIT: ok... sorry im noob

You have to write that line into your fstab file. You can find that file in the directory /etc.
Just use your favourite text editor and edit the file.

why dont you just burn the files on a cd, or copy them onto a usb drive, switch into whatever system you want them on, and paste(unless this isn't a one-time thing, but a continuous one)

i have problem about my old drive boot settings and kernel(not the hard ware). so i cant fix it.

EDIT: i use the

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/oldfedora ext2 defaults 0 0

But it is only 93mb and the only folder is lost+found i think this is the MBR of my old fedora.

What is the output of fdisk -l

v-rockro:~# fdisk -l /dev/hda (New Debian)

Disk /dev/hda: 41.1 GB, 41109061120 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4997 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 4791 38483676 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 4792 4997 1654695 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 4792 4997 1654663+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

v-rockro:~# fdisk -l /dev/hdb (Old Fedora i need the files here)

Disk /dev/hdb: 80.0 GB, 80025280000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hdb2 14 9729 78043770 8e Linux LVM
v-rockro:~#

It looks like your data is installed on /dev/hdb2. The only problem is it is an LVM (logical volume manager?) I'm not sure if you can just mount that like normal. I've never worked with them, but there might be special tools required to retrieve data from a LVM.

OK, /etc/fstab is a file. You make an entry in /etc/fstab, and mount the partition as root.

mount /mnt/oldfedora

my fstab

and when i use the command mount:
also when im using the webmin to mount: