upon installing slack (change from mandrake/fed 4) i was asked if i wanted access to my windows partitions. i declined this but have now changed my mind. i had to install and reinstall several times to get slack to work and am not too keen on reinstalling again to get access to my windows partitions. using kde or terminal how can i enable access to my win partitions? on kde i create new drive link but /hda1 and /hdb1 do not appear. never had this before so am lost.
thanks for any replies. i appreciate it

verify where is your windows partition is located at. Can do this with the fdisk -l /dev/hda or whatever the disk is where the windows partition is. If its on a slave disk it could be in /dev/hdb. Also double check the partitions format. Is it Fat32 or NTFS? Once you know the location of your partition, create a mount point or a directory to mount it to. Then mount it:

mkdir /mnt/windows
mount -t vfat /dev/hda3 /mnt/windows (if it is ntfs then do -t ntfs)

Also you can add it to the fstab so that other users can mount or use the partition.

Remember to search first. I am pretty sure that this question has been asked and answered before.

Figa

Remember that Slackware wont do this kind of stuff for you automatically. It supposes that you do this and most system administration yourself. Although this is a drag for newbies and other regular users and converts, it is actually a way to keep your system in the most optimal shape, and at the same time learning a lot of stuff about linux.

In order for ntfs to work you'll also have to install the ntfs driver. Remember ntfs is still 'unstable' under linux and your best option for sharing with windows is fat32.

In order to have better access to your windows partitions you may want to make a symbolic link to its mountpoint in your home directory.

thanks guys

first go the post This is how I do it all by shilo

do a
#fdisk -l
note the windows partition
for a permenent setup edit /etc/fstab
add the lines
/dev/hdaxx /win-c vfat auto,rw,umask=000 1 0
/dev/xxx --->ur partition
/win-c ---->ur folder may be /mnt/windows like that
or create a folder /win-c in / main root
vfat or ntfs as u wish
these umask terms for write access to all.

i think in new kernel it is not showing that. means it is not unstable.

ntfs write support had some problems, so enable ntfs read support and use "captive ntfs" third party thing but works
new 2.6 kernel ntfs write is not listed as testing so no worry
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