Directions I followed:

Create a directory in which the Windows partition will be mounted by typing the following command. For example:

mkdir /mnt/windows

Before you can access the partition, you will need to mount it in the directory you just created. As root, type the following command at a shell prompt (where /dev/hda1 is the Windows partition you found via Hardware Browser):

mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows

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Result:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb1,
or too many mounted file systems
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AHHH!

How come your mounting /dev/hda1 and its giving you an error of a bad block on /dev/hdb1 ? Maybe that has something to do with it?

i checked my Hardware Browser to see the name of the NTFS drive i need to mount and its listed hdb1, i also tried just hdb but same result


Im not mounting hda1....just a typo, my bad.

How come you're trying to mount
an NTFS drive as vfat?

Cheers,
Tink

P.S.: The topic of your post wasn't
really helpful :}

i thought i was supposed to mount it as vfat...according to information ive been reading.


What should i be mounting it as?

ntfs of course..

you'll also want to make sure its supported and also remember its only read-only as well. mounting ntfs and writing to them can trash your system.

this is something that is asked and answered all the time, a search will find more solutions, etc.

lol ok i will try that

I don't think Mandrake 9.1 supports NTFS. I know it's not for writing. I would leave that one be and create a small fat32 partition to swap files between XP and Mandrake. Much safer.

Later

ok i did that...no message, but nothing at all happened...just brought me back as if i were going to type in another command.

Does this mean its now mounted? How do I access the hard drive now if it is?

I'm using Redhat 9 , by the way, not Mandrake

now type 'df'.

If it did not give you any errors, then its mounted properly.

No Errors! awesome, lol but now how do I access this drive, i cant see it anywhere

Have you installed the rpm you need for NTFS support?

# Handling NTFS
New Technology FileSystem (NTFS) HOWTOs
Linux NTFS project

# Red Hat links
Red Hat Linux Manuals
Get your mp3 support here
Maximum RPM
rpmfind
Easier software management: apt4rpm - Red Carpet
Red Hat 8.0 Tips & Tricks

# Red Hat 7.3 down configuration commands
setup leads to several configuration tools

# Red Hat 7.3 up configuration commands
Configure soundcard:
redhat-config-soundcard
Configure X server:
redhat-config-xfree86
Configure network:
redhat-config-network
Manage software:
redhat-config-packages
Red Hat 9.0 Package Management Tool
Manage users
redhat-config-users

If you have the NTFS support installed:

cd to your mount point
ls

# Managing drives
LNAG - Accessing my drives
Rute - Device Mounting

'cd /mnt/windows'
'ls'

Sorry, thought I read Mandrake in there somewhere. You did download the patch? I think Redhat requires a patch to be safe on that NTFS read/writing.

Later