Hello All,

I am a Linux newbie and would like to know how to access Windows OS from Gnu/Linux ?
What is the command used to setup this feature.
I use Redhat v8.0 and partitioned disk with both OS running and also a backup D drive for Windows.
Any help is useful. Thanks for your time.

Thanks.

access ????

access what ?

all you need for the 2 machines to be able to communicate is a NIC in each machine, and sum network cable.

If you want to share files, you ether need one machine to run an ftp server.
or you can use samba or nfs, which can be easyer to use, but harder to setup.

if you want to access each others printers, again u can use samba.

if you want them to share internet connections you need router software, and 2 NIC's in the machine that has the internet connection.

it all depends on what u mean by access

What do you mean accessing Windows OS from Linux ? I can both OS, but not bot at the same time. You can have a dual boot, which let you use either Linux or Windows and you can share partitions (it supposes you use a type recognized by both).

if you want to access files from linux to your windows partitions, you just have to mount the partition. for example:
mkdir /mnt/windows
mount -t vfat /dev/hda(number_corresponding_to_windows_part) /mnt/windows
This can be done automatically by editing /etc/fstab
But if you want to access windows applications from linux, you have to install a software like wine.
Hope this help you

Thanks Oliv ..

so after login as ROOT the above command is executed in terminal mode right ?
what do u mean by (number_corresponding_to_windows_part) , could u elaborate on that pls.

for example, for my own disk:
/dev/hda will represent the whole disk, i.e. with my 5 different partitions.
/dev/hda1 will represent my windows (vfat) partition, /dev/hda5 my LFS root (ext3) partition, /dev/hda7 my /home part etc...
To find which file (with Linux, everything is file) represents your windows partition, you have to know how your hard disk is partitionned (for example windows first or windows beetween / and /home)... this will give you an idea of the unknown number...
If windows partition is first, you will have to type:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
if that's not the case, have a look at /etc/mtab or /etc/fstab, to have an idea of its range. This files will show you a match between /dev and partitions...
If you have nothing understood... send the contents of /etc/fstab