Transfer files from partition

ylkien · 09-10-2004, 07:34 PM

Hi,

i have 1 hard disk, and there are 2 partitions (hda1 and hda6). I can see them when i type "df". How do i transfer files from partition hda6 to hda1? I tried looking in the folder "dev" and can't figure out.

thanks.

dsegel · 09-10-2004, 07:37 PM

The partitions need to be mounted somewhere for you to be able to access to them. If they're showing up in df then they must be mounted, so look on the far right column of the df output to see what directory they're mounted on.

For example, here's on of my systems:

Code:

/dev/hda7             28209532  10437636  16338900  39% /
/dev/hda1             28898080   6661280  20768864  25% /home
/dev/hdb1            115377640  87424512  22092216  80% /home/share/backup
/dev/hdc1            240362656 169530520  58622336  75% /home/share/media

There you can see that /dev/hda1 is mounted as /home.

dsegel · 09-10-2004, 07:41 PM

Almost forgot - you can use the 'mv' command to move the files, or 'cp' to copy them. Syntax is like DOS:

cp src dest

ex: cp /home/file1 /mnt/gentoo/

copies the file named 'file1' in the /home directory to the /mnt/gentoo directory.

kenji · 09-13-2004, 02:37 PM

you can access it by mounting them but it depends on what is in
(hda1 and hda6) if it is micro$oft window$ you can mount it by

mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

assuming that windows is in hda1