hd2 disk content doesnt show

[Dalani]

I have a dual boot machine running MDK10 and Win98. I have two harddisks on my comp. the one on the secondary IDE channel shows up in /mnt as hd2 but shows no files. This disk is full and all files show up accessible in windows. Should I unmount and remount this disk in Linux? any help would be appreciated.

[UgoDeschamps]

Is the drive mounted?
can you access data throu ROOT?
if so, add users in your FSTAB

[Dalani]

Yes I can CD to the disk hd2 via root. But when I <<ls>> or <<dir>> no files are listed. Same thing with konq. file browser. hd2 is mounted but no files shown. MDK's computer config menu shows the disk as hd2 FAT32 but empty.

if I unmount a disk and remounnt it is there a danger of overwriting data??
???
any help would be appreciated

[UgoDeschamps]

hmmm... mounting on umounting a drive CANNOT write over existing data, as it doesnt write at all

can you please post the reading of this command

cat /etc/mtab

thanks

[Dalani]

Here it is

# cat /etc/mtab
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 / ext3 rw 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs rw 0 0
none /dev devfs rw 0 0
none /sys sysfs rw 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620 0 0
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 /home ext3 rw 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount rw,sync,dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0
none /mnt/hd supermount rw,dev=/dev/hdb1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /mnt/win_c vfat rw,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0
none /mnt/hd2 supermount rw,dev=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0
#

I see hd2 file sys is shown as ext2 but in mnt directory there win_c2 (D: in windows) which is my second hardisk which i cannot access (or see) the files. I am assuming my win_c2 and hd2 are the same.

[UgoDeschamps]

For sure your win_c & win_c2 arent mounted... can you please show the ouput of these command...

fdisk -l
cat /etc/fstab

thanks
FDISK -L will show all partition that your system have.
FSTAB is the file that specifies what filesystem to mount at boot up.

[Dalani]

Here goes..

# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 6448 MB, 6448619520 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 784 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 293 2353491 b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 294 784 3943957+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 294 557 2120548+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 558 610 425691 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda7 611 784 1397623+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/hdb: 3166 MB, 3166765056 bytes
128 heads, 63 sectors/track, 767 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8064 * 512 = 4128768 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 766 3088480+ b W95 FAT32

# cat /etc/fstab
/dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hda7 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto,ro ,exec 0 0
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto,r o,exec 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso88 59-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0
none /mnt/hd supermount dev=/dev/hdb1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859- 1,kudzu,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
none /mnt/hd2 supermount dev=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1,fs=ext2:vfat ,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,kudzu,codepage=850 0 0

I cannot decipher all of it.But I think I see that win_c2 is missing on the list for the 3gig.
BTW Is fstab a config file editable with vim to add the win_c2?

[UgoDeschamps]

Very good thinking!
yes fstab is a config file that can be modified to mount drive!

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 766 3088480+ b W95 FAT32

This is your other HD
in the folder /mnt, add a folder name win_d

and add this to your fstab

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/win_d vfat umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,users 0 0

This will mount your second HD to /mnt/win_d

[Dalani]

Bingo! you´re good. It worked I got my disk back. Accessible via browser no problem.
I guess Unix treats harddisks like network folders-takes getting used to. My hd2 is accessible in dual boot mode now.

BTW I notice your avatar info says Montreal. What are the chances: I live in MTL also. I think Montreal is a good place for Linux. I use Linux at home but I think endusers in business would be more receptive if the forum help became commodified (more predictable). Just my off topic opinion...

thanks again!