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03-16-2003, 10:30 PM
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Registered: Mar 2002
Location: malaysia
Distribution: Mandriva 2006 RC1
Posts: 486
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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 ?
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03-16-2003, 10:38 PM
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Registered: Mar 2002
Location: ma
Distribution: slackware
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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
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03-16-2003, 11:12 PM
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Registered: Mar 2002
Location: malaysia
Distribution: Mandriva 2006 RC1
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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 ?
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03-16-2003, 11:20 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Dec 2002
Distribution: Gentoo!
Posts: 1,153
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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.
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03-16-2003, 11:24 PM
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Registered: Mar 2002
Location: malaysia
Distribution: Mandriva 2006 RC1
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Quote:
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.
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YES yes yes, that's easy
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03-16-2003, 11:40 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Salt Lake City, UT - USA
Distribution: Gentoo ; LFS ; Kubuntu ; CentOS ; Raspbian
Posts: 12,613
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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 ?
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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
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03-17-2003, 12:16 AM
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Registered: Mar 2002
Location: malaysia
Distribution: Mandriva 2006 RC1
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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
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thanks, i understand now, the mkdir windows is to let me know my ME partition can be accessed here.
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