mounting drive

chrismiceli · 12-01-2002, 05:43 PM

how can i mount a windows hard drive in linux, it is located at /dev/hdb?

Thymox · 12-01-2002, 05:51 PM

hda = primary master
hbd = primary slave
hdc = secondary master
hdd = secondary slave
hde = tertiary master
hdf = tertiary slave
hdg = quarternary master
hdh = quarternary slave

You'd need to find out the partition number of the partition. If you type fdisk -l /dev/hdX where hdX is your harddrive, then it should list the available partitions on that drive. You'd then need to make the directory onto which you'll mount the drive (mkdir /mnt/newharddisk for example) and then you can mount it with mount -t vfat /dev/hdX? /mnt/newharddisk.

HTH

chrismiceli · 12-01-2002, 07:07 PM

thanx, it worked.

X-dazed · 12-03-2002, 11:02 PM

will this automount it at boot, or do i have to add this command line into the etc/fstab file?

neo77777 · 12-03-2002, 11:08 PM

if you place auto option as well,
/dev/hdxN /mount/point vfat user,umask=000,auto,other options 0 0

X-dazed · 12-04-2002, 12:03 AM

i mounted my hdb5, then logged in as root and added this line to my etc/fstab file

/dev/hdb5/ mnt/vfat5 vfat user,auto,rw,umask=000 0 0

then rebooted. but i saw some errors and failed messages, and the drive didn't mount. what am i doing wrong?

. should i have umounted before adding to my fstab?

X-dazed · 12-04-2002, 12:49 AM

uh oh, why can't i delete the line i just added now?