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Re: Linux Newbie question
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 16 May 2002 14:13:09 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dan Boger writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Jude Beaudin writes:
> > OK, I understand I have to wrap my head around a different approach to drive
> > and directory structure. But how do I mount a Windows FAT16 partition so I
> > can access it in KDE or Gnome (or even better FAT32).
> >
> > Basically, I want to be able to get to my windows files without having to
> > burn them to CD to go between OS's.
> >
> > I have Win2K, Win98 and Redhat 7.2 installed on my humble Celeron 800 with
> > 512 MB & 60GB.
>
> should be pretty simple... lets say your windows is installed on the first
> partition on your first IDE harddrive (hda1)... so what you need to do is
> this (as root):
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> mkdir /mnt/windows
> mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows -o uid=<your uid>,gid=<your gid>
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> the reason I put the uid and gid options is so that you will be able to
> write to that directory as your local user, and not just as root. This
> should work for win98, and win2k unless you use the NTFS filesystem. if you
> don't know your uid and gid, you can find them out using the "id" command...
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> if you want the filesystem mounted at boot time, just add this line to your
> /etc/fstab file:
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> /dev/hda1 /mnt/win vfat uid=<uid>,gid=<gid> 0 0
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> what else... if you're using the NTFS filesystem, you should be able to do
> the same, except replace vfat with NTFS - but I havn't used an NTFS on linux
> in a while, so I'm not sure 100%...
>
> anything else? :)
>
> Dan
Thanks, I will give it a try after Episode II after work. <g>
Don't worry, I figure I will have more questions later. :)
Jude
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| (...) should be pretty simple... lets say your windows is installed on the first partition on your first IDE harddrive (hda1)... so what you need to do is this (as root): mkdir /mnt/windows mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows -o uid=<your (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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