How do you acces Windows 2000 files on another partition from the KDE desktop?

In general - to access Windows files from Linux you need to mount your Windows partition to a mount point in Linux

Open a shell and type :

su
Then type you root password – then type :

mkdir /mnt/windows2000

Then - open /etc/fstab with:

kedit /etc/fstab

If your using NTFS :

Then - put an entry at the bottom of your /etc/fstab file on a new line - (just substitute in the device name of your Partition in place of my example one)

/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows2000 ntfs auto,ro,umask=0222 0 0

save the file - and reboot

Then simply create a symlink form /mnt/windows2000 to your desktop:

as root user again from the shell:

ln -s /mnt/windows2000 /home/xxx/Desktop

(whatever the path is to your desktop)

( Red Hat currently doesn’t include a NTFS driver because of uncertainties surrounding the legal status of the driver)

So - to READ a NTFS partition from Red Hat, you can either:

• Download and install an RPM – or
  
• Compile your kernel

Your best just getting the relevant RPM - Check out this site for an RPM

http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/redhat.html

You will have to mount the partition in your /etc/fstab file. How is your drive formatted? Redhat 9 Does not come with support for ntfs, but if the drive is formatted for fat32 it is relatively simple. Here are the steps (for fat32 formatted windows drive)

1. - Change to Root User
2. - edit the /etc/fstab file
3. - add a line to the file that tells the system where to mount the drive. Something like:
/dev/sdb2 /mnt/windows auto user 0 0

where /dev/sdb2 is the location of your windows partition. If you don't know this, you can use the redhat hardware browser located under the system tools directory in KDE/GNOME. Just select the hard drive tab and look for your windows partition. It's very intuitive. Save the file and exit.

4. - make a directory in the /mnt file system. Using the example above
mkdir /mnt/windows
5. - make the directory readable to whoever you want
chmod 766 /mnt/windows (this gives root read/write/execute, and everyone else read/write permission)
6. - remount the drive system with the following command
mount -a

You should now have access to a fat32 partitioned disk (your windows drive) under /mnt/windows.

Hope this helps!

Gizmo

I'd put a filesystem in the 3rd field - For FAT32 its vfat

ie

/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows2000 vfat defaults,umask=000 0 0

Also - a umask value of 000 ie

umask=000

is sufficient to give all users appropriate access

That is so cool. I can see, open, edit, and pretty much do whatever I want with all files on my Windows partition.

Thanks

Glad to be of help.