All disk access in Unix is through the directory tree and all directories
are under
the root (/) directory.
If the NT partition is FAT you're in luck. While logged in as root:
1) Create a mount point for the partition somewhere under the root
directory.
mkdir /winnt
2) Mount the partition on the mount point
mount -t msdos /dev/hda4 /winnt
3) All files and directories will then appear under the /winnt directory.
For longfile
name support mount as type (-t option) vfat instead of as msdos.
Vfat support
is provided through a module though and that requires a (very) little
bit more
work, so try the above first. If it works we can move on to vfat.
If the NT partition is NTFS you have quite a bit more work to do. NTFS
read-only
support for Linux is available, but requires kernel patches and a kernel
rebuild.
Instead of doing this, I'd recommend creating a FAT partition (if you
have the free
space) that both NT and Linux can share. It's not real convenient for
moving files
back and forth, but is the approach I'd recommend for a newbie.
For the floppy (assuming it is a FAT floppy) the mount command is
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy
(Create the /floppy directory first)
Good luck,
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Tristan Day <that's you!> [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 1998 11:52 PM
To: Debianlist
Subject: OK I'm stupid. How do I get to my floppy
It's me again, I'm stupid. I come with a label on me saying "Please help
this poor inexperienced ex-DOS user who knows nothing about linux!"
how do I get to my floppy without using mtools and how do I get to my
other
hard drive partition? I have got Windows NT (sorry) on the other
partition
and all my stuff is there so it's imperitive that I get into it.
cfdisk says it's hda4 but I can't get into it...
Thanks everyone...
PS if you know somewhere that will give me a load of simple Linux codes
then
please tell me!
PPS Please give any reply in simple English, as if you were teaching a
child
how to do it...
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