Reading files with Fedora FC4 from XP[ntfs]

itz2000 · 08-23-2005, 04:58 PM

I've got Fedora FC4 and XP.

Had Mandrake 10.1 before that, and everytime I needed something from the "xp harddrive" I just needed to go to /mnt/windows and it was just like C:.

What shall I do so I would be able to read / move files from the XP to Fedora?

Thanks anyways.

PenguinPwrdBox · 08-23-2005, 06:39 PM

Well, you need to know which partition (/dev/hd??) contains the windows image.
If you aren't sure - do the following:

Code:

fdisk /dev/hda (or hdb, whichever physical drive it resides on)

command (m for help): p

(press q to quit)

This will print the list of partitions on that drive. Write down the /dev/hd?? that belongs to the Windows partition (it will be labeled)

Then, simply do this:

Code:

mkdir /mnt/windows
mount /dev/hd?? /mnt/windows

Replace the ?? with the info you got from fdisk.

If that errors out - i.e. "You must specify the filesystem type" - then try:

Code:

mount -t ntfs /dev/hd?? /mnt/windows

Good luck!

itz2000 · 08-24-2005, 02:06 AM

is it possible to be /dev/sda2? :S I did the all mounting but it looks like to do nothing (made lost+found + all images, but didn't actually mount it).

itz2000 · 08-24-2005, 02:45 AM

this pic might explains it all

http://www.look4anime.com/sse.jpg

spooon · 08-24-2005, 04:11 AM

Also make sure you have installed the NTFS kernel modules. They are not in the default Fedora Core repositories.