Dark2020 Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 i had 3 partitions on my harddisk before installing linux 2 ntfs 1 fat32 as far as i know I can't see the ntfs partitions in linux :( but i should be able to view the fat32 partition but i can't seem to find it in the /mnt/ note that i have redhat 8 installed i need to see the partition plz tell me how and what am i doing wrong :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 If you recompile the kernel with ntfs support (mostly reading right now, write is dangerous) you'll be able to add the ntfs partitions to your /etc/fstab Previous post here: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=...=47175&hl=fstab As for the fat32 partition, make sure it's in your /etc/fstab and if it is, just type mount /mnt/mountpointhere or add it to your fstab if it isn't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacid Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 you can go here http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ and just follow the instructions, easy, and you can then be able to mount ntfs partitions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Which distro? Cause I can help if it's Mandrake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagal Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 note that i have redhat 8 installed alright, first you need to go to the uniacid posted ( http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/red...edhat.html#down ) and download the rpm for your kernel, which is 2.4.18-14 (unless you upgraded the default redhat 8.0 one) and install it. After you've installed the rpm, you'll need to edit /etc/fstab file. If you need specific instructions for it then leave your partition/drive setup here and someone will put them for you. e.g: my setup is like this... C-Drive: NTFS - WinXP D-Drive: 2 Partitions, 1 for data (NTFS) and the rest for linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark2020 Posted December 12, 2002 Author Share Posted December 12, 2002 Thank u guys i mounted all my partitions including the ntfs ones but how do u make linux mount them automaticly i think the command is automount but it doesn't seem to work i still have to mount my partitions everytime i want to use them here are the commands i tried as root automount dev/hda1 mnt/windows2000 and automount dev/hda5 mnt/windowsxp and automount dev/hda6 mnt/windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted December 12, 2002 MVC Share Posted December 12, 2002 put them in your fstab file - and they will be automounted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwk3 Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 and what would the line look like in the fstab file? "/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0" ? that look right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagal Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 nope, that's wrong...at least that's what I think, since you have "noauto" there. it should be like this /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows2000 ntfs umask=002 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/windowsxp ntfs umask=002 0 0 /dev/hda6 /mnt/windows ntfs umask=002 0 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 Create the directories in the /mnt folder as root first. Then edit that fstab file. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagal Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 woops...I assumed he already made them, that's why I used the names he used earlier. Anyways, you ned to make new directories in /mnt as root and you can do that from the console by typing mkdir dirname as root and then edit fstab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMaster Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 If you really want to share data between linux and windows just use the fat32 partition. I've always done that instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark2020 Posted December 15, 2002 Author Share Posted December 15, 2002 Thank u guys for the replays u have all been helpful to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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