hello here

[sandeep5b5]

i had installed debian dvd and problem occured during mounting windows partions
from terminal i gave root as
mount -t vfat /device/dev/hda1/home/username/folder name
can u please suggest me how to do

[devils casper]

hi Sandeep5b5,

Welcome to the LinuxForums.

you are executing wrong command.
execute 'fdisk -l' and note down WIndows Partition number. e.g. /dev/hda1, hda2 etc. create mount point (folder) and mount partition in it.

mkdir /media/win_c
mount -t vfat  /dev/hda1  /media/win_c
ls /media/win_c

i assumed that Windows partition number is hda1.





Casper

[antidrugue]

mount -t vfat /device/dev/hda1/home/username/folder name

That's not quite the command.

More like :

mount -t vfat -o umask=0000,user /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

Given /dev/hda1 is effectively your windows partition, which you can verify with the output of :

fdisk -l

and that /mnt/windows is where you want to mount the partition. You can mount the partition is any empty directory of your choice.

For more details, you can search the forums, as this is perhaps one of the most frequently asked questions.

EDIT : casper was faster