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Old 03-16-2003, 09:30 PM   #1
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How to access windows file system from Mandrake KDE ?


if i got files in windows ME that coexists with linux on my HDD,
and now i am in linux, how to access the files and copy them to my linux folder ?
 
Old 03-16-2003, 09:38 PM   #2
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i believe ME only supports fat/fat32
u have to be careful to write on ntfs file system.
it's still ok to read from ntfs. (so copy from ntfs is ok)

first u have to know your ME's device name
if ME is on your first hard disk or if u have only one hard in your system

fdisk /dev/hda
and type 'p' there
find what your ME's number is. eg /dev/hda3
by looking at size of each partition
(you know how big is your ME , right?)

then press 'q' to quit fdisk

let's say your ME is /dev/hda3

then
as root
# cd /mnt
# mkdir windows
# mount /dev/hda3 windows

that's it

you can see windows files by
# ls windows

it's said that partition /dev/hda3 is mounted on /mnt/windows
 
Old 03-16-2003, 10:12 PM   #3
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why type mkdir windows?
I don't want to creste directory, c:\windows is there already!

Can i access windows files from conqueror ?
 
Old 03-16-2003, 10:20 PM   #4
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I just right clicked on my deskop and hit add drive, selected the partition and hit ok. I go into that, find the files I want, hit control c and the control v into a linux directory and there they are.
 
Old 03-16-2003, 10:24 PM   #5
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Originally posted by darin3200
I just right clicked on my deskop and hit add drive, selected the partition and hit ok. I go into that, find the files I want, hit control c and the control v into a linux directory and there they are.
YES yes yes, that's easy
 
Old 03-16-2003, 10:40 PM   #6
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Quote:
Originally posted by futurist
why type mkdir windows?
I don't want to creste directory, c:\windows is there already!

Can i access windows files from conqueror ?
Glad you got it working, but I want to clear up some confusion for you. In Linux you mount partitions at certain directories called mount points. A mount point is any given directory, it's easiest to name these directories by what is getting mounted there, hence:
mkdir /mnt/windows
THEN you mount the partition there, and acess it via a linux filesystem structure, not:
C:\
But:
/mnt/windows

HTH

Cool
 
Old 03-16-2003, 11:16 PM   #7
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Quote:
Originally posted by doublefailure
i believe ME only supports fat/fat32
u have to be careful to write on ntfs file system.
it's still ok to read from ntfs. (so copy from ntfs is ok)

first u have to know your ME's device name
if ME is on your first hard disk or if u have only one hard in your system

fdisk /dev/hda
and type 'p' there
find what your ME's number is. eg /dev/hda3
by looking at size of each partition
(you know how big is your ME , right?)

then press 'q' to quit fdisk

let's say your ME is /dev/hda3

then
as root
# cd /mnt
# mkdir windows
# mount /dev/hda3 windows

that's it

you can see windows files by
# ls windows

it's said that partition /dev/hda3 is mounted on /mnt/windows









thanks, i understand now, the mkdir windows is to let me know my ME partition can be accessed here.
 
  


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