[Sderby] Accessing Windows partitions

[Dominic Knight]

try starting with d as hda6. hda5 would be an extended partition as the=20
holder for d/e/f hda6/7/8. hda1-4 are reserved for primary partion=20
types.

Dom

On Thursday 03 October 2002 12:14, Ian Simpson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /windows/C
>
> worked OK but
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/hda2 /windows/D
>
> threw up the message "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock
> on /dev/hda2, or too many mounted file sytems (aren't you trying
> to mount an extended partition instead of some logical partition
> inside?)
>
> I thought about typing "B******d if I know John, I'm just doing
> what the man said"  but instead tried
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/hda3 /windows/E
>
> which failed with the message "special device /dev/hda3 does not
> exist"
>
> ditto for
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/hda4 /windows/F
>
> Thinking there must be an easier way, I decided to RTFM again
> and Lo and Behold, in the Mandrake Control Centre is a wizard
> that allows you to mount / unmount the partitions using the
> Manually Operated User Selection Equipment :-)  It warns you to
> make back ups first (Yeah. Right, 20GB divided by 1.44MB is...
> how many floppies???) but seemed to do the trick as I can now
> access all areas - Hoorah! :-)
>
> On 03/10/2002 at 09:54 you wrote:
> >----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Ian Simpson" <iansimpson@clara.co.uk>
>
> >To: <sderby@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> >Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 8:37 AM
> >Subject: Re: [Sderby] Accessing Windows partitions
> >
> >> Hi Mike,
> >>
> >> I have two HDs, one 20GB partitioned 4 ways (drives C, D, E,
>
> F),
>
> >> all being used by WinMe and one 6GB that I put Linux on.
> >>
> >> When I browse around using Konqueror, or view the file system
> >> from a shell window, I can see a /windows directory directly
> >> under Root.  Inside this directory are 4 more called C, D, E
>
> and
>
> >> F. If I try to view the contents of these directories, either
>
> as
>
> >> root or user:ian, they all appear to be empty.
> >>
> >> If I list the contents of the /windows directory in a shell
> >> window I get...
> >>
> >> drwxr-xr-x  2  root  4096  Aug 18  17:22  C/
> >> drwxr-xr-x  2  root  4096  Aug 18  17:22  D/
> >> drwxr-xr-x  2  root  4096  Aug 18  17:22  E/
> >> drwxr-xr-x  2  root  4096  Aug 18  17:22  F/
> >>
> >> I still can't get my head around *nix's way of referring to
> >> drives - does 'hda' refer to a physical drive or a partition?
> >> and apart from behind with your wellies on, just what is a
>
> mount
>
> >> point?
> >
> >Ian,
> >
> >try the following command:
> >
> >    mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /windows/C
> >
> >then have a look if anything is in the /windows /C directory.
> >
> >If it works then mount the other three drives as follows:
> >
> >    mount -t vfat /dev/hda2 /windows/D
> >    mount -t vfat /dev/hda3 /windows/E
> >    mount -t vfat /dev/hda4 /windows/F
> >
> >I will try and find time later to post more details on mounting
>
> partitions
>
> >and how to mount the drives at boot time.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Peter
>
> Regards,
>
>     Ian
>     iansimpson@clara.co.uk
>
>     http://home.clara.net/iansimpson
>
>
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