can i mount my windows partitions

[ved]

hi!
i m using debian.
i want to use my windows partitions with it.
followings are the details.
plz help me



debian:/home/ved# /sbin/fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 1785 14337981 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 1786 8046 50291482+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda3 * 8047 9729 13518697+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda5 17debian:/home/ved# cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda7 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
debian:/home/ved# 86 5355 28675993+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda6 5356 7966 20972826 b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda7 7967 8046 642568+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
debian:/home/ved#

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !!

First of all, install ntfs-3g package to enable NTFS write access.

su -
apt-get update
apt-get install ntfs-3g
cd /media
mkdir hda1 hda5 hda6

Press Alt+F2 and type this

gksu gedit /etc/fstab

It will open /etc/fstab file in Gedit with root privileges.

Add these three lines at the end of file.

/dev/hda1 /media/hda1 ntfs-3g  defaults,umask=0  0  0
/dev/hda5 /media/hda5 vfat  defaults,umask=0  0  0
/dev/hda6 /media/hda6 vfat  defaults,umask=0  0  0

Save file and execute mount -a command or reboot machine.
Check /media/hda1, hda5 and hda6 folders. All users will have read/write access in those.

[ved]

Hi and Welcome !!

First of all, install ntfs-3g package to enable NTFS write access.

su -
apt-get update
apt-get install ntfs-3g
cd /media
mkdir hda1 hda5 hda6

Press Alt+F2 and type this

gksu gedit /etc/fstab

It will open /etc/fstab file in Gedit with root privileges.

Add these three lines at the end of file.

/dev/hda1 /media/hda1 ntfs-3g  defaults,umask=0  0  0
/dev/hda5 /media/hda5 ntfs-3g  defaults,umask=0  0  0
/dev/hda6 /media/hda6 ntfs-3g  defaults,umask=0  0  0

Save file and execute mount -a command or reboot machine.
Check /media/hda1, hda5 and hda6 folders. All users will have read/write access in those.

apt-get install ntfs-3g gives error message:

debian:/home/ved# apt-get install ntfs-3g/
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package ntfs-3g

[devils casper]

My Mistake ! /dev/hda5 and hda6 are FAT32 partitions. user vfat instead of ntfs-3g in for both in above code. ( Corrected in post #2 too )

/dev/hda5 /media/hda5 vfat  defaults,umask=0  0  0
/dev/hda6 /media/hda6 vfat  defaults,umask=0  0  0

You will have write access in /media/hda5 and hda6.

You have to install ntfs-3g for /dev/hda1 partition.

apt-get install ntfs-3g gives error message:

debian:/home/ved# apt-get install ntfs-3g/
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package ntfs-3g

Execute this

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

Post output here.

[ved]

My Mistake ! /dev/hda5 and hda6 are FAT32 partitions. user vfat instead of ntfs-3g in for both in above code. ( Corrected in post #2 too )

/dev/hda5 /media/hda5 vfat  defaults,umask=0  0  0
/dev/hda6 /media/hda6 vfat  defaults,umask=0  0  0

You will have write access in /media/hda5 and hda6.

You have to install ntfs-3g for /dev/hda1 partition.


Execute this

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

Post output here.

debian:/home/ved# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r2 _Etch_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1 20080102-13:51]/ etch contrib main

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r2 _Etch_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1 20080102-13:51]/ etch contrib main

deb Debian -- Security Information etch/updates main contrib
deb-src Debian -- Security Information etch/updates main contrib
debian:/home/ved#

[devils casper]

Press Alt+F2 and type this

gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

It will open sources.list file in Gedit.
Add non-free at the end of second last line.

deb Debian -- Security Information etch/updates main contrib non-free

Save file and execute this

su -
apt-get update
apt-get install ntfs-3g

[ved]

Press Alt+F2 and type this

gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

It will open sources.list file in Gedit.
Add non-free at the end of second last line.

deb Debian -- Security Information etch/updates main contrib non-free

Save file and execute this

su -
apt-get update
apt-get install ntfs-3g

Alt+F2 opens run commond promt and while executing this
gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list/
gives error msg:

Could not run the specified command.

[devils casper]

Try open it in command line text editor like vi or nano. Open Terminal and execute this

su -
nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Or replace nano with vi.

[ved]

Try open it in command line text editor like vi or nano. Open Terminal and execute this

su -
nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Or replace nano with vi.

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r2 _Etch_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1 200$

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r2 _Etch_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1 20080$

deb Debian -- Security Information etch/updates main contrib
deb-src Debian -- Security Information etch/updates main contrib

[devils casper]

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r2 _Etch_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1 200$

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r2 _Etch_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1 20080$

deb Debian -- Security Information etch/updates main contrib
deb-src Debian -- Security Information etch/updates main contrib

What does your post mean? I am not getting it.