Linux - NewbieThis Linux forum is for members that are new to Linux.
Just starting out and have a question?
If it is not in the man pages or the how-to's this is the place!
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide
This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.
Click Here to receive this Complete Guide absolutely free.
I just installed Mandrake 9.1 on my computer and I am a complete newbie to Linux. I have two other windows partitions, C: and D:. C: is where windows is installed and D: is for storage. Both are in NTFS. How do I view those drives through Linux? I foudn some stuff on mounting.
Mara said:
" Let's say you've got Windows (FAT32) partition - /dev/hda1. To mount it, create /mnt/windows (command: 'mkdir /mnt/windows') directory (or similar) and run
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
Now you can access your Windows files in /mnt/windows."
I can't seem to get the first command to work in the terminal. It gives me this message when i type it in.
"mkdir: cannot create directory `/mnt/windows': Permission denied"
manthram was right, it did mount it automatically. There is a problem though. I have two partitions, C: and D:. C: has windows on it and D: has mp3s, movies and stuff. I can see the C: fine but I can't seem to see the D:.
here is what's in /mnt
/mnt
+cdrom
+cdrom2
+floppy
+win_c
win_c2
win_d
win_c has my windows xp on it. win_c2 is blank. win_d is blank. One of those folders I should see all my mp3s and movies and stuff. Is there a way to unmount the win_c2 and win_d and then remount it?
Use diskdrake, as root. Do as it says and backup your /etc/fstab file first.
"mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows" wont work for ntfs
Linux can only read NTFS partitions at the moment, writing to them is unstable. Blame Microsoft. Use a FAT32 partition as a go-between to write to windows.
It may help to put a text file (while in windows) saying drive c, drive d, etc. as Windows uses some strange scheme if drives have multiple partitions on the same drive. They won't be c=/dev/hda1, d=/dev/hda2, etc. That threw me for a loop for a long time figuring that out.
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.