mount windows xp partitions on vector linux

cse_200509 · 01-16-2008, 01:06 PM

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1867 14996646 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 1868 9729 63151515 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1868 4417 20482843+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 4418 6847 19518943+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 * 6848 7469 4996214+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 7470 8513 8385929+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 8514 9729 9767519+ 83 Linux

above is the map of my hard drive.
i want to mount xp partitions on my linux system.
so what to do?

kav · 01-16-2008, 01:37 PM

# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/ntfs

This command assumes you want to mount the first partition and that you have a directory in /mnt called ntfs. You must have ntfs-3g in your kernel for this to work.

cse_200509 · 01-19-2008, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kav

# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/ntfs

This command assumes you want to mount the first partition and that you have a directory in /mnt called ntfs. You must have ntfs-3g in your kernel for this to work.

ok
but still i m not able to access my windows partitions