Re: [newbie] can't remember how to mount hda1
On Sunday 04 August 2002 03:10 am, Sean Goh wrote: > eri'm a real newbiewhat does it mean to mount? A filesystem (usually on a disk partition, floppy disk, or cdrom) can only be accessed after it's been mounted. Mounting sets a flag on the filesystem so that if there is a sudden crash or power failure, on reboot, the system knows that the partition may not be in a consistent state. During a proper shutdown, all filesystems are unmounted once their buffers have been properly written to disk. Of course, read-only filesystems like cdroms don't have any flags set. Mounting also assigns where the filesystem will appear in the directory tree. Unlike the DOS world where disks get assigned (somewhat arbitrary) drive letters, in Linux, the entire directory structure is a single tree under /. You select where your disks will appear. For example, you might mount your old windows partition under /mnt/windows while mounting your floppy disk under /mnt/floppy. Of course, they don't have to be under /mnt. They could appear anywhere in the filesystem. Often, the home directory is on a separate partition so that a system re-install doesn't affect user data. Therefore, /home is a mounted partition. Type "mount" at a command prompt to see what is currently mounted on your system. The output will be on type filesystem type could be ext2 or ext3 for native Linux, ntfs or dos for old Windows partitions, or something else. Options could include "r" for read only, "rw" for read/write, etc. See man mount for more details. -Mad -- Madness is soil in which creativity grows - Chris Bielek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] can't remember how to mount hda1
Sean Goh wrote: > eri'm a real newbiewhat does it mean to mount? > > Sean > > Mad Scientist wrote: > >>On Thursday 01 August 2002 11:00 pm, you wrote: >> >> >>>i was wondering how to mount hda1 so i can access my win xp files >>>even though i hate win xp. >>> >>> >> >>mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/disk >> >>Replace /mnt/disk with your mountpoint. >> >>-Mad >> >> >> >> >> Amend /etc/fstab, add something like /dev/hda1 /mnt/WXP ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,defaults 0 0 Add a new subdirectory in /mnt /mnt/WXP In terminal run mount -a And you can browse XP files , but don't write to them . All this assumes NTFS XP install, otherwise change ntfs to vfat, for FAT32 John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] can't remember how to mount hda1
eri'm a real newbiewhat does it mean to mount? Sean Mad Scientist wrote: On Thursday 01 August 2002 11:00 pm, you wrote: i was wondering how to mount hda1 so i can access my win xp files even though i hate win xp. mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/disk Replace /mnt/disk with your mountpoint. -Mad Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- "...if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. " - 2 Chron 7:14
Re: [newbie] can't remember how to mount hda1
On Fri, 02 Aug 2002 00:00:21 -0600, Brent Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i was wondering how to mount hda1 so i can access my win xp files > even though i hate win xp. # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c where /mnt/win_c is the directory where you want to make the mount. You may need to add the '-t [FILESYSTEM]' parameter as well. So if /dev/hda1 is FAT, add '-t vfat', and if it's NTFS, add '-t ntfs'. NTFS support is read-only. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?" -- Mohandas Gandhi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] can't remember how to mount hda1
On Thursday 01 August 2002 11:00 pm, you wrote: > i was wondering how to mount hda1 so i can access my win xp files > even though i hate win xp. mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/disk Replace /mnt/disk with your mountpoint. -Mad -- Madness is soil in which creativity grows - Chris Bielek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] can't remember how to mount hda1
i was wondering how to mount hda1 so i can access my win xp files even though i hate win xp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
