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Title: redhat to windows
Post by: erosnemesis on 27 August 2003, 06:59

I need help on how to look at and use windows partitions (vfat) while i am in RedHat Linux 9.0. I used to use Elxlinux (http://www.elxlinux.com) and it was made to get into windows partitions easily (file:/mnt/windows/*). But I got easily bored of Elxlinux so i went back to RedHat Linux. Please help me because i need to use LimeWire so i can keep all of my downloads in a windows partition (vfat).

Title: redhat to windows
Post by: lonodnboi2k3 on 27 August 2003, 16:24

You need to mount your windows Partition beofre you can use it, because unless you configured this when you installed RH, it not done automaticly...

How many hard disks do you have or if you only have the one and windows was on your computer before linux and you dual boot you could try this in Bash or Xterm....

You need to be super user mode to creat the directory where you will mount the windows partition
"su -"
Password:

"cd /"
"cd mnt"
"mkdir windows"

then you can exit su mode by typing "exit"

"then mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows"

Then it will be mounted and you can access it.

This is how i used to use my windows partition un RH. Altho i havent done this for a long time as i no longer have windows.

If anyone wants to correct me then feel free :))


EDIT: Correct spelling mistakes!

[ August 27, 2003: Message edited by: Londonboi2k3 ]

Title: redhat to windows
Post by: Calum on 27 August 2003, 18:01

here's more info about this:

http://old.linuxworld.com.au/article.php3?aid=128&tid=8 (http://old.linuxworld.com.au/article.php3?aid=128&tid=8)

hopefully that's all you'll need. when i was a total newbie, that's all i needed to clue me in (and i'm not the fastest person in the world!)

Title: redhat to windows
Post by: erosnemesis on 2 September 2003, 22:58

The way that you described that was kinda confusing because i tried it and i have no clue where to do all of this so please explain it in a way that i can do it without guessing.

Title: redhat to windows
Post by: erosnemesis on 2 September 2003, 23:03

how do you mount /dev/hda1 anyways i have no clue on how to do this so please help.

Title: redhat to windows
Post by: erosnemesis on 2 September 2003, 23:17

sorry about this but i figured it out, sorry for all of your trouble. Thanks For telling me how to do this though. it was a lot of help. THanks for everything.

Title: redhat to windows
Post by: Calum on 3 September 2003, 01:36

didn't you just say it was no help?

all the info should be in that link i linked to.
honestly. when i knew nothing about mounting i got everything from that article.