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Old 27-02-2004, 10:11 AM   #2 (permalink)
Kiran
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Default Mounting Windows partition in Linux

Hi cyanide3d,

U can use mount the windows partion in Linux.

use
Code:
man mount
in the terminal for more information.

But if iam not wrong the format of mount command goes like this:
Code:
 mount -vfat  /dev/hda*?* /mnt/[folder]
U will have to provide a proper device number for the partion u want to mount. U can know the device number using the command
Code:
 fdisk -l
in the terminal.
Note: Extended partition as a whole has a device number.DONOT MOUNT IT.

U will have to make a folder in [root]/mnt/ directory where u would like to mount the new partition.

For convenience you can create a text file and type the mount complete mount command & save the text file with .sh extension. Give it execute permission. Store a shortcut for the file in desktop. Click it! Voila!!! the partition mounts......


If ur a Linux panta u can go for editing fstab file located in [root]/etc/ folder.

But if ur windows partition is NTFS ( if u r using win2000 or winXP ) mount command will not mount unless Kernel is Recompiled (in case of Redhat iam sure of this ).

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