What format should i use

[MikeTbob]

Would it be easier to download different distro or is mounting pretty easy

I downloaded debain but i couldnt get it to load it told me the kernel was invalid or corrupt so i tried knoppix

i formated about 100gig with ext2

im runnig 1gig ram, 1.8 amd sempron 3000 , a geforce mx2max 32mbram asus a8s-la mother board


one 80gig hard drive with windows

and a 250gig i split in two 100 for linux and the rest for my wifes music and pics

Mounting a hard drive is not hard at all, it's been awhile since I have booted Knoppix but I think it will place Hard Disk Icons on the Desktop so that you can just click on the Icon and copy the Data there.
You can use this code to mount from the command line.

sudo mkdir /mnt/Disk1

sudo mount /dev/hdax -t ext2 /mnt/Disk1

*replace /dev/hdax with the correct device, such as sda1 or whatever the actual name is. If you don't know the actual device name, issue this code and post the output here for more help.

sudo fisk -l

That is a lowercase L
If all went well, You'll be able to copy your files to /mnt/Disk1

[zerocool420]

can i make it save my settings bookmarks stuff like that ?


the hd's have icons on the desk top


this is what it told me


Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80060424192 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10341 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 729 5511208+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2 * 730 10341 72666720 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/hdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 17593 141315741 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hdb2 17594 30401 102880260 83 Linux
knoppix@Knoppix:~$ sudo mkdir /mnt/hdb2
mkdir: cannot create directory `/mnt/hdb2': File exists
knoppix@Knoppix:~$ sudo mount /dev/hdb2 -t ext2 /mnt/disk1
mount: mount point /mnt/disk1 does not exist
knoppix@Knoppix:~$

[devils casper]

Execute this

cd /mnt
sudo mkdir windows_c windows_d windows_e

sudo mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows_c -o defaults,umask=0
sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows_d -o defaults,umask=0
sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows_e -o defaults,umask=0
sudo mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb2 /mnt/hdb2

ls hdb2 windows_c windows_d windows_e

Post error message here, if any.

[zerocool420]

so now when i download apps and files do i just download them to hdb2?
will it save my bookmarks and stuff now?

This is the output


hdb2:
lost+found

windows_c:
Autorun.inf System Volume Information graph16 preload win51.rc2
Desktop.ini Thumbs.db hp protect.ed win51ic
Folder.htt Warning.bmp i386 recovery win51ic.b2
Graph autoexec.bat io.sys svga win51ic.rc1
Info.exe block.rin master.log tools win51ic.rc2
MiniNT boot.ini msdos.sys user win51ip
RCBoot.sys cmdcons ntdetect.com win51 win51ip.b2
Recycled cmldr ntfs win51.b2 win51ip.rc2
SaveFile.Dir config.sys ntldr win51.rc1 winbom.ini

windows_d:
$AVG8.VAULT$ WINDOWS
AUTOEXEC.BAT X-Plane 8.20
BOOT.BAK X-Plane 8.64
CONFIG.SYS X-Plane Installer.prf
Documents and Settings boot.ini
IO.SYS cmdcons
Jeppesen cmldr
Lxk1100 hp
MSDOS.SYS hpbi.log
MSOCache knoppix510dvd-screensaver.iso
NTDETECT.COM logfile
Program Files ntldr
Python22 pagefile.sys
RECYCLER sysprep
System Volume Information system.sav

windows_e:
RECYCLER System Volume Information downloads knoppix
ScreenGrab debian fsum nero
knoppix@Knoppix:/mnt$