Problem accessing (mounting) windows partition.

[kuber]

This is a pretty dumb q, but I can't find an answer anywhere. I think I just need to mount my windows partition, so I made a /mnt/windows and typed:
mount /dev/hda /mnt/windows
But I have no idea what the type is. I tried FAT32, etc, but nothing worked.
Thanks,
kuber

[Spacepenguin]

Here is how I mount my FAT32 (Win98) partition:

1. mkdir /x (x is my Windows drive letter)

2. I edited my /etc/fstab and added the line: /dev/hda3 /x vfat user,noauto,rw 0 0

/dev/hda3 is my Windows partition listing under linux /x is the Windows drive letter I use, vfat is the file system, user is to allow my general (non root) accout access and rw is allowing read and write access.

Then to mount it just type: mount /x

[StanLin]

please try:

mount -vfat /dev/hda? /mnt/windows

? needs to be determined by the command

fdisk -l /dev/hda

[GNU/br0wni3]

Well, im a newbie, so dont trust me much but..

as far as i understand.. first of all, you need to know how your HD is configured.

Is it IDE or SCSI?
If IDE:
is it configured as Primary (or secondary) master, or Primary (or secondary) slave?

I think the "letters" you'd use when mounting your drive would go something like this

hda = primary master
hdb = primary slave
hdc = secondary master
hdd = secondary slave

i for example, use the following command from console when i want to browse my win partition:

#mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

Hope this helped... if not, RTFM. lol.. just joking..

[GNU/br0wni3]

By the way, im pretty sure i saw a NHF on it laying around here somewhere.. do a search for it! :)

Could someone have mercy and rate me? :
:rolleyes:

LOL :D

your friendly neighbor,
br0wni3