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here's the problem, i can read the C drive from linux fine, but i can't read the D drive
it's listed as device /dev/sdb1, at mount point /windows/D
but when i try and mount it i get this
SoAndSo:/home/SuchandSuch # mount /windows/D
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
Is there any chance the D drive is NTFS format? Linux does not like NTFS, but it can be mounted. I just don't remember how.
I am assuming that the D drive is an EIDE drive, not SCSI, right? SCSI drives show up as sda or sdb or sdb1, like that. I would expect the D drive to show up as hdb.
You might try running dmesg | tail and tell us what it says about the second drive.
try mounting it with editing the fstab file locted in /etc/fstab
for example .this is wot i have mounted on my sys.
i created 4 drives in mnt.each corresponding to a drive in windows.
use the commands shown below to mount it
to know the name of ur disk in linux(eg /dev/sda...) use cmd fdisk -l
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