getting files from xp partition to linux
hi, i'm new to the world of linux, i installed mandrake 9.1 a couple days ago
let me explain my situation: i have 1 60 gig hardrive i dual boot xp and mandrake i let mandrake do all the installing so i'm guessing a SWAP partition was not made i'm on a home network with 3 xp boxes that i have free access to Also when i check in windows my c: drive appears to be FAT32 SO.... what would be the easiest, most painless (i still don't know much about linux) way to get some files off windows and into linux? i could create a swap but would that require me to lose everything on the linux partition and reinstall? i read that i could use SAMBA but that sounds like a lot of work to configure and all i've also read that linux can see/write to FAT32...is my windows partition really fat32?? and in that case how do i access it in linux? any help would be appreciated thanks |
the swap partition has nothing to do with getting files from your windows partition. Usually, your windows partition should be mounted under /mnt/win_c or something like that. Just look in the /mnt directory. You can read but not write to an NTFS partition and if it's FAT32, you can read and write to it.
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Check your /etc/fstab to see how Windows is mounted. If it shows hda1 (normally) as vfat and it mounts without errors it is indeed FAT32.
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k i went to /mnt and did find windows
i can read and write to c: from linux, so i guess it is FAT32 and there is no problem i was just confused by all the posts about NTFS, i'm not sure if i did a special install of xp or what but mine is FAT32 thanks for the help guys |
another problem
i find that my browser window freezes when i try to look into the /mnt directory
i am able to look into it in the terminal but not in any sort of graphical application for example, i'm trying to set up direct connect and i want to share folders from my xp partition but the program hangs when i click on the mnt folder what is wrong? and can i even share stuff from my c: drive for direct connect running in linux? |
I don't know anything about direct connect but the problem with not being able to go into /mnt might be due to supermount (a feature that automatically mounts cds and floppies). You can disable it by:
1. make a backup copy of your /etc/fstab 2. as root do supermount -i disable 3. reboot maybe this helps. |
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