hello everyone!

[alek]

Hi! i just want to make a question...because i ve melt on pc trying to find it and i didnt manage!!!
i have 2 operating systems, Windows XP and Linux Red Hat.
And i created a Fat32 partition so i can transport files between the 2 operating systems.
How can I see the files in this partition from the Linux enviroment???
which is the root to go?
Thanks all and have a nice day!

[danbo]

use this step by step procedure:

1.> Find the name of your windows partition
2.> Create a folder in /mnt for your windows partition
3.> Open the terminal and if your not already root do:

su root

4.> Now do this in the terminal

mount /dev/YourPartitionName/ mnt/YourFolderName

5.> Open your folder and your windows files should now be there

[sykkn]

Just wanted to add a little something. You probably need to add the filesystem type to the mount command.

mount -t ntfs /dev/YourPartitionName/ mnt/YourFolderName

[danbo]

Just wanted to add a little something. You probably need to add the filesystem type to the mount command.

mount -t ntfs /dev/YourPartitionName/ mnt/YourFolderName

Do take into account that the partition type is FAT32

[sykkn]

Do take into account that the partition type is FAT32

oops. Good catch ICeMaN. Change the "-t ntfs" to "-t vfat".

[danbo]

whil we are on the topic i want to ask a question. Does Redhat Linux 8.0 have ntfs read/write support?

[kriss]

I don't think so, but you shouldn't try to use it as it could kill the whole NTFS partition...

Kriss

[danbo]

would this still happen if i was only reading from the partition?

[kriss]

No. Only writing to it is dangerous.

kriss

edit: spelling

[ducu13]

Another solution to the problem, the solution i use, is the one that edits the fstab file.So, if you want linux automaticaly mount the fat32 partition when it starts, open the fstab file and add a line with

/dev/YourPartition    /YourPath/YourFolderName   vfat   defaults  1 1