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Accessing Files from MSW partition
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| jamiil 2007-02-15, 1:13 pm |
| I have Windows and a Linux intalled in the same computer. I know that
windows cannot see the Linux partition, but can Linux see the Windows
partition and access the files in there?
Thanks
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| Lew Pitcher 2007-02-15, 1:13 pm |
| On Feb 15, 10:40 am, "jamiil" <jalqa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have Windows and a Linux intalled in the same computer. I know that
> windows cannot see the Linux partition,
Not necessarily true.
1) Explore2fs (http://freshmeat.net/projects/explore2fs/) can access
ext2 partitions in an "explorer"-like interface
2) There are apparently "drivers" available for Windows to make native
access to Linux partitions work
> but can Linux see the Windows partition and access the files in there?
Yes, sort of.
FATxx filesystems are easily accessed by Linux, both in read and write
mode
NTFS filesystems are easily accessed in read mode, but write mode is
not supported unless you use the "Filesystem in USErspace" NTFS
drivers.
> Thanks
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| jamiil 2007-02-15, 1:13 pm |
| Thanks, can you now tell how to acces the NTFS? What do I type on the
command prompt?
Thanks!
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Yes, sort of.
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> FATxx filesystems are easily accessed by Linux, both in read and write
> mode
> NTFS filesystems are easily accessed in read mode, but write mode is
> not supported unless you use the "Filesystem in USErspace" NTFS
> drivers.
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| Lew Pitcher 2007-02-15, 1:13 pm |
| On Feb 15, 11:48 am, "jamiil" <jalqa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, can you now tell how to acces the NTFS? What do I type on the
> command prompt?
mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt
You'll have to
a) run this as root
b) change the reference to /dev/hda1 to what ever /dev device your
NTFS fs is on
c) change the reference to /mnt to the directory where you want the
NTFS fs to be found
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Thanks!
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| jamiil 2007-02-15, 7:12 pm |
| Outstanding!!
Thanks soooo very much!
On Feb 15, 1:24 pm, "Lew Pitcher" <lpitc...@sympatico.ca> wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> On Feb 15, 11:48 am, "jamiil" <jalqa...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt
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> You'll have to
> a) run this as root
> b) change the reference to /dev/hda1 to what ever /dev device your
> NTFS fs is on
> c) change the reference to /mnt to the directory where you want the
> NTFS fs to be found
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| Paul Sutton 2007-02-27, 7:12 am |
| Lew Pitcher wrote:
> On Feb 15, 10:40 am, "jamiil" <jalqa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Not necessarily true.
>
> 1) Explore2fs (http://freshmeat.net/projects/explore2fs/) can access
> ext2 partitions in an "explorer"-like interface
> 2) There are apparently "drivers" available for Windows to make native
> access to Linux partitions work
>
>
> Yes, sort of.
>
> FATxx filesystems are easily accessed by Linux, both in read and write
> mode
> NTFS filesystems are easily accessed in read mode, but write mode is
> not supported unless you use the "Filesystem in USErspace" NTFS
> drivers.
>
>
>
I dual boot Windows XP and debian, my solution here is to have a FAT32
drive, to save data on that I want to access from either operating
system, for example uni course work. That way if one goes down I can
fall back on the other. Until the one that has failed is fixed, it
could be a simple gui faliure in Linux or a problem with windows, both
have openoffice.org installed, so this works well for me.
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