On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 08:32, Scott Felton wrote: > On Wednesday 18 September 2002 10:20 pm, you wrote: > > mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /windows > > Mandrake puts mount points in /mnt, so it may be /mnt/windows. I use > > /mnt/winnt. > > /dev/hda is the disk, /dev/hda1 is a partition. you want to mount a > > partition. > > BTW, it WILL be read-only. Read-write access is experimental, don't use > > it. > > Thanks for the above Michael. With your advice and adive from many others > on the list I am able to mount my NTFS partition. I have added it to fstab > and it works fine. I can only access it when logged in as root though. > (I'll tackle that next) > > Many people suggested a FAT32 "common area" to read/write files between > Linux and WindowsXP but I can't do that here. The Windows disk that came > with my machine will only install using NTFS and it takes the entire 40g > hard drive for itself with no consideration for what may already be on the > disk. I haven't found a (free) tool that will let me claim back some of > that space to use as anything other than NTFS. > > I will have the last laugh when I put my final chosen Linux dist on here > using both 40g disks and use those Windows CDs for coasters! (margarittas > anyone? :)
During the Linux install on your second disk you could set aside a small fat32 partition as hdb1. -- Michael
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