Note that it is _not_ recommended to enable NTFS write access.
I always used to use a small FAT partition as a transfer area between linux
and NT.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Meph Istopheles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Win2000 Partition
> Hey,
>
> Has this been addressed yet? If not....
>
> > How can I set LM7.2 to see a Win2000 partition?
>
> This depends upon two things: 1. What format you'd chosen to
> install W2k on (ntfs or fat32) & 2. Depending upon your answer to
> 1., how your kernel's compiled.
>
> If you'd installed W2k on ntfs, enter this in /etc/fstab:
>
> /dev/hda1 /win ntfs user,exec,umask=0 0 0
>
> If you'd installed on w32, enter this:
>
> /dev/hda1 /win vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
>
> Then create a directory off of / called win (you can name this
> anything you'd like so long as you name it the same in fstab, but
> win is simple & easier to type).
>
> Now, as to the kernel issue, if you attempt to save a file to
> your /win directory & get an error that that is not permitted,
> you'll have to recompile your kernel for ntfs rw. Ask if you
> don't know anything about recompiling.
>
> Also, while you probabaly have your W2k partition at the
> beginning of your dirve, /dev/hda1, you may not & would have to
> determine what you'd enter there instead. But hda1 is pretty
> likely.
>
> Meph
>
> --
> "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody."
> -Dave '-ddt->' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
>
>
