Moutning Windows XP as / and unmounting Linux

ciphergod · 06-20-2003, 01:35 PM

What would happen if I unmounted Linux, and mounted WIndows XP as /?
Would I be able to get into Windows XP then?
Would I have to mount Linux as something else?

m00nd0g · 06-20-2003, 01:48 PM

The thing you are trying to do is impossible, really.

If you want to add your windows partition onto your linux filesystem, you can do so with the mount command

i.e.:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
or
mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
(depending on what filesystem you use)

Just make sure you can the dir /mnt/windows exists before you try mounting. Mounting in your / will be impossible, so don't try.

ciphergod · 06-20-2003, 02:03 PM

I mounted Windows to that directory, but when I go into it, there is nothing in it.

m00nd0g · 06-20-2003, 02:05 PM

Now what command did you use to do this?

ciphergod · 06-20-2003, 02:08 PM

i used mount -t ntfs /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows

m00nd0g · 06-20-2003, 02:13 PM

Are you sure your windows partition is on hda2, and is the filesystem ntfs? Did you get any error while mounting?

ciphergod · 06-20-2003, 02:21 PM

Yea, Windows in on hda2 and Linux is on hda3 (hda1 is some DELL thing).
And I'm pretty sure I have NTFS.
i tried vfat anyway, but that didnt work.

When I type in the command, nothing happens. No error messages or anything.

[root@x1-6-00-c0-a8-8c-11-57 nick]# mount -t ntfs /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows
[root@x1-6-00-c0-a8-8c-11-57 nick]#

DrOzz · 06-20-2003, 03:05 PM

are you sure you got ntfs support?

ciphergod · 06-20-2003, 03:11 PM

Yea, I originally had Windows XP, which uses NTFS.

[root@x1-6-00-c0-a8-8c-11-57 nick]# mount -t vfat /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows
mount: /dev/hda2 already mounted or /mnt/windows busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/hda2 is already mounted on /mnt/windows

thats what it says when i do that.

it says its already mounted on that, but in that directory is nothing.

jonnieo · 07-03-2003, 06:20 PM

ciphergod:

Try following the steps and using the package at this web site. I used it and it worked fine running Red Hat 9 and Windows XP dual boot. I can access all of my Windows files from a command prompt.

http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/in...hat.html#inst1