windows folders in linux

dnewspace · 04-27-2006, 04:57 AM

i have windows xp installed as well as linux in my laptop but how can i see my windows folders from inside linux?

chandru.in · 04-27-2006, 05:05 AM

Some distros come with support for reading NTFS partitions (like Slackware). All distros can access FAT32 partitions.

So, create a new FAT32 partition and put all the shared folders there.

stephenwalter · 04-27-2006, 09:51 AM

Hi ,
U need to mention the distro that u r using to get the correct solution. Any way if u r using redhat it would be easy for you to install ntfs rpm's follow the link
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/instructions.html
make sure u down load the right rpm(type uname -a and then download the rpm)

Hope this helps

Regards,
S.Suresh Stephen.

uselpa · 04-27-2006, 11:04 AM

If your Windows partition is formatted FAT32, put something like this into /etc/fstab:

Code:

/dev/hda3  /mnt/win  vfat    defaults                          0 0

For NTFS, something like this:

Code:

/dev/hda1  /mnt/win  ntfs    ro,gid=100,umask=0,nls=iso8859-15 0 0