Acessing my ntfs drive

[vincent]

well i cant even boot to my windows cd now, and its a legit retail legit copy the screen stays black and the HDD stays lit at the "press any key to boot from cd" prompt. I cant get windows installed back on my computer for ****, im stuck with this wack ass pos software **** LINUX :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:

[MrA]

well i cant even boot to my windows cd now, and its a legit retail legit copy the screen stays black and the HDD stays lit  at the "press any key to boot from cd" prompt. I cant get windows installed back on my computer for ****, im stuck with this wack ass pos software  **** LINUX :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:

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As far as I know, linux doesn't change your BIOS settings or kill the CD drive so it couldn't have caused your PC to be unable to boot from CD.

[KC]

This is how I got my NTFS partition to show up.

First thing I did was from the command line, as root I ran "fdisk -l"

I saw this:

/dev/hdb1 1 382 3068383+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

/dev/hdb2 383 5517 41246887+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

/dev/hdb3 * 5518 7414 15237652+ 83 Linux

/dev/hdb4 7415 7476 498015 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)

/dev/hdb5 7415 7476 497983+ 82 Linux swap

The partition I want to mount is /dev/hdb2

I then as root again I ran:

mkdir /mnt/windows (you can using something other then windows, thats upto you)

Then as root, I ran:

gedit /etc/fstab

and added this line:

/dev/hdb2 /mnt/windows ntfs ro,dmask=0222,fmask=0333 0 0

so now my /etc/fstab looks like this:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.

#

# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

/dev/hdb3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1

/dev/hdb5 none swap sw 0 0

/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0

/dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0

/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

/dev/hdb2 /mnt/windows ntfs ro,dmask=0222,fmask=0333 0 0

As for your Windows issue, check to make sure your disk is clean and no scratches, also make sure that you don't have any loose cables in your case.

[chavo]

I've had strange problems with the Windows disk like that also. Like KxLiquid said, make sure the disk is clean. Try running it a couple of times, also. Sometimes these things disappear as mysteriously as they appeared.

Also, this is my 2 cents on the Linux thing. I know you've probably heard different opinions from a million people, but I would stick with Mandrake if I were you. It's just so easy to setup and run. It comes with ntfs support and mp3 support out of the box. Plus I know it like the back of my ass, so I can help you when you've got a problem :)

[vincent]

I've had strange problems with the Windows disk like that also. Like KxLiquid said, make sure the disk is clean. Try running it a couple of times, also. Sometimes these things disappear as mysteriously as they appeared.

Also, this is my 2 cents on the Linux thing. I know you've probably heard different opinions from a million people, but I would stick with Mandrake if I were you. It's just so easy to setup and run. It comes with ntfs support and mp3 support out of the box. Plus I know it like the back of my ass, so I can help you when you've got a problem :)

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Thanks i appreaciate it :)