Mandrake-9.2
I click on /mnt/windows and I get message "access denied".

What does /etc/fstab entry for the windows partition look like?

depending on permission settings, you may need to be root to do that. the easiest way is to run Konqueror in superuser mode, then you can access all files on any partition. to do so, open a terminal, su to root, then type konqueror (enter). you can also do this as normal user from terminal by typing kdesu konqueror (enter). it will then ask for the root password before opening. if you want to make a desktop or kicker shortcut to this, just use kdesu konqueror as the executable path.

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For FAT32 read and write access will be fine, I wouldn't mess with it if it's NTFS, but I'll post how for both

the best way of doing it is -
In console as root

FAT32

mkdir /mnt/windows
mount -t vfat /dev/hdxy /mnt/windows
you can get the "xy" from going to fdisk or cfdisk and looking at the names of the partitions

NTFS

mkdir /mnt/windows
mount -t ntfs /dev/hdxy /mnt/windows
you can get the "xy" from going to fdisk or cfdisk and looking at the names of the partitions

Unmount the drive first (umount /mnt/windows) and put a line in your /etc/fstab with this info: that is "umount" not "unmount"

/dev/hdxy /mnt/windows vfat user,umask=0000 0 0

I think that's the correct format. Just follow what's already there and use common sense. The umask=0000 part just allows all users read, write, and execute priviliges. It's basically a chmod 777 on the entire thing done automatically at mount. (You can do this part in GUI as SU "root", and open file in Kate and edit that way, u may find easier) Kate normally makes a backup when u edit a file, but copy it somewhere you will remember just in case (home/user)

Oh and then mount it after using
mount /mnt/windows

If your cdrom works for you, you will see a entery already there, copy the line and paste it 1 below, then edit the "hdx" and "mnt/windows" to match up your location of windows.

exit root

When you have it working, should you want a desktop shortcut - Right click desktop, create new link to "new URL" or "hard disk device" (believe it's the 1st one). In Properties/application / command - kfmclient openURL /mnt/windows .
Once you have it working, name it and give it a icon you like.

good luck

If your Windows Partition is NTFS, I would do some reading on it 1st. I've never tried, but I understand Reading is ok, Writing to it is bad.

Thanks so much umask=0000 works great. I had the same problem and its fixed

In Mdk 10, if you install with a security level greater than Standard (such as High, Higher, or Paranoid), then non-root users can't access the Windows partition. I can't remember if this is the case for Mdk 9.x.

To find your security level setting, go to Mandrake Control Centre (a.k.a. Configure Your Computer) and check under the Security settings. I think it's also known as DrakPerm or something like that.

Vad3r,

I have a question. I had some files stored in my old mandrake operating system on a separate drive that had a FAT32 partition, I moved those files to it by creating a folder inside the fat32 partition. I was trying to get these files by booting into windows-xp but windows wont even see the FAT32 partiton /mnt/win_e. I did this impart because I did not have a DVD burner and some of my files were too large to burn onto a CD. I was going to reload Mandrake 10.0 onto the 2nd hard-drive, then go back and put them into Mandrake after the new install.

So I have been trying to recover those files through Mandrake installed on my other drive, but when I open up the /mnt/win_e drive it shows 0 files.

On my 1st hard-drive it is: a 120G drive winxp40G(NTSF) win_c, 2nd drive partition is FAT32 40G win_d, 3rd partition is Linux 40G.

On the 2nd drive: I have the old installation of Mandrake with the seperate FAT32 partition (win_e) with all my lost files stored on it. I was stupid enough to move the files there instead of copying them there/

Is there any sure way to recover those files on that 2nd drive named win_e? I have not formated the drive, so the files should be there, but they can't be seen or opened by mandrake

What should I do?

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