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just got finished setting up the dual boot with both windows and ubuntu. i gave windows 10G and linux 12G (2g for swap) and the rest i wanted to use for storing media files that both systems could use. i formatted it in fat32, windows recognizes it, but ubuntu only recognizes the windows drive and its own file system. shoudl i reformat in a different format that both can read, what is that?
Here is the basic drill:
open a terminal, and enter "sudo fdisk -l" This give you the partition IDs. Let's assume that the fat32 partition is /dev/hda3.
"cd /mnt ; ls" to see if a mount point is already setup. If it is, you may be able to mount using "mount mountpointname".
Worst case, you would create a mountpoint with "mkdir", and then:
"mount /dev/hda3 mountpointname"
The have the partition mount automatically, you need to create (or edit) an entry in /etc/fstab.
i got to try it again and when i enter the command it asks for a password, but won't let me push any button except enter. which then it says wrong password......
go to /mnt ("cd /mnt"), and then "ls" to view what's there. If there is no obvious directory (AKA mountpoint) to use, then just make a new one---eg myfat"
"mkdir myfat"
then
"mount /dev/sda4 myfat"
"cd myfat"
"ls"
Now you should be looking at the content of the FAT32 partition. Back to my other post for how to make this mount permanent.
NOTE: for "mkdir" and "mount", you need to be root--or use sudo. I personally prefer enabling the root account in Ubuntu, but that's another story.....
Last edited by pixellany; 10-24-2007 at 11:51 PM.
Reason: typo-- sda4 is correct
i got to try it again and when i enter the command it asks for a password, but won't let me push any button except enter. which then it says wrong password......
If you mean you don't see any output when you enter your password and it appears to be doing nothing, that's what's supposed to happen. The characters you type are being recorded.
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