Linux beginner (Questions)

[ajith_jk]

Well am a beginner in linux and know nothing much about it.
I have the fedora core 5 version.
I basically want to know how to mount windows using linux.
I would be obliged if you could tell me a link for linux commands.

regards,
Ajith

 

[ivar4ever]

excellent link for Linux Beginers
h**p://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/intro-linux.pdf

 

[sathyajitb]

hi,
i also use the same distro.please check out this site it has all the details

https://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html

but be careful and read all the instructions on the page..


regards,
sathya

 

[louisnells]

Hi,
To mount your windows partition under Linux you have to know the windows partition numbers (may be you can do "fdisk /dev/hdx").
Then try "mount -t vfat /dev/hdx# <mount-dir>" or "mount -t ntfs /dev/hdx# <mount-dir>". The '-t' option is most often not necessary. To mount NTFS partitions you should have special kernel module.
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[ajith_jk]

hEY THANX A LOT EVERYONE................................

 

[u04f061]

i use ubuntu 6.06 nicknamed as dapper drake.

i think it is most efficient release of ubuntu and also an edgy distro.it is much easier to install even easier than win xp. it automatically mounts windows partitions to your desktop.so u do nothing.

u can get it from

www.shipit.ubuntu.com

its shipping is free ,u just need to register ,within one month u will get ubuntu cds at home. it also has too much active forum at

www.ubuntuforums.org

 

[shaikhsarfraz]

Hi,
If you want to install Linux on your system you can get the book,

Linux for Beginners from Wrox Publication.

It will solve all your queries related to installlation of Linux and further operation.
Apart from that you will also get Linux Fedora 9 CD's with the books.

I am not sure whether the book is on EDA Board or not.

Thanks
Shaikh Sarfraz

 

[sgupta_one]

first you should make a directory
mkdir /mnt/win
then mount your windows partition using
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/win
(if it is on c: drive)
you can unmount using
umount /mnt/win

you can even make it automount at startup,just add following to your /etc/fstab
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win vfat defaults 0 0

 

[adi_gupta19]

make sure your window drive is not ntfs partitioned

ntfs partitions are not usually recognised by the linux os

and if your window partition is the first primary partition
then type

mkdir /mnt/c:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/c:

for any further enquiry type your problem in
www.google.com/linux

 

[blackdebugger]

Hello adi_gupta19

I dont think that the latest Linux distro could not detect ntfs well. By the way, the latest linux distro supports either write and read from ntfs partition. ref: linux-ntfs.sf.net

Even today u can recover, resize and repartition ur hd even it is in ntfs.

 

[Ragnarok83]

i recomend that when you install linux, create a FAT32 partition and then you can share information between windows and linux without problem, and for mount them go to /etc/fstab and edit it for mount them automatically on /mnt or /media you can choose, i guess. or if you put them li noauto just use the mount command.

 

[mehboob_iiui]

I presume you mean mounting windows partitions,

if your partitions are FAT32 it is quite simple

just type

#mount -t vfat /dev/hdaxx /mnt/abc

if they are ntfs you will not be able to access , as much as I know without external software,

check our http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net

 

[onioni]

For beginners, just try "hiweed", windows partitions will be mounted automatically!

check h**p://www.hiweed.com

 

[u04f061]

in ubuntu i do this.

root fdisk -l

it then displays me all the partitions of my hard drive.

then point out the partition u want to mount. then make a folder in /media directory where u want to mount partition. let u created a folder winxp and want to mount partition hda1 . then do this

root mount /dev/hda1 /media/winxp

 

[spweda]

It is no problem to mount the NTFS disk in th elinux environment. However, it is usually to munnt as read only.