[maxmelbin]

i know it is possible to access the windows (fat32) partition from unix operating enviornment ...
i have a hdd with both windows and linux installed on seperate partitions ..
there is 3 windows partition and one linux partition where Red Hat linux 9 is installed ...
hoe do u accees the windows partition from linux console ... i have seen people doing it but cannot remember how they do it ..

regards
Max

[tsunam]

you can do (without the fstab fix done) as root

#mount -t vfat /dev/hda1(if its the first section..2 for second etc..depending on what section the windows is)

[usr_208]

yes, just make sure you make the folder you are going to mount it to as a user and not root. that way you will be able yo read/write it both as user and root. if you mount it and it still gives you problems you will have to unmount it, and try to

#chown -R username:group /path/to/mount

then mount again. if still problems # gedit /etc/fstab/ and search google for the proper things to put in there.

[tsunam]

no need to google usr...you have the man pages for a reason...use the resources linux gives you before you go out and try to find it elsewhere.

[lynch]

Originally Posted by tsunam

no need to google usr...you have the man pages for a reason...use the resources linux gives you before you go out and try to find it elsewhere.

Until they start putting understandable examples for things in the man pages, I would'nt tell anyone to read the man pages unless they were an advanced user.
And it they're an advanced user you should'nt have to tell them.
lynch

[usr_208]

yeah the man pages are pretty crazy at first but you start to get the hang of them.

[maxmelbin]

Originally Posted by usr_208

yes, just make sure you make the folder you are going to mount it to as a user and not root. that way you will be able yo read/write it both as user and root. if you mount it and it still gives you problems you will have to unmount it, and try to

#chown -R username:group /path/to/mount

then mount again. if still problems # gedit /etc/fstab/ and search google for the proper things to put in there.

what do u mean by "just make sure you make the folder you are going to mount it to as a user and not root" .....
can u explain in detail..
i am a fresher to the world of unix .. and i HATE man

[usr_208]

ok, well i meant create the folder first, then go to terminal and login as root and mount the drives. hopefully the permissions will stay to your user and not change to root. but if they do, then just do what i said and

# chown -R username:group /path/to/mount

and it will give the permissions back to your user. (you can view by right clicking and selecting properties on the folder).

so mount your drives where you want. i chose just to put them in the /mnt folder (which i had to change permissions for too) because they show up on the desktop and no need to put them in the home folder or anything like that.

after you mounted them, open terminal and as root # gedit /etc/fstab and add the entries for your mounts.

mine look like this:

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/save vfat auto,users,umask=0003,uid=500,gid=500 0 0
/dev/hdb2 /mnt/files ntfs auto,users,umask=0003,uid=500,gid=500 0 0

note: if you are going to use ntfs systems (you cant write to them) and you will need a patch.