Accessing Windows Partitions in Mandriva Linux

[Calehay]

I'm a complete newb to Linux, and I just installed Mandriva Linux today. I am currently dual-booting Windows XP and Mandriva. I would like to access my Windows files from Linux (like midi files and things for WinE.) Is this possible? If so, is there any non-headache inducing way to do it? While I don't mind some difficulty, I'm just afraid to mess around in a system I've only been using for about 4 hours.

Thanks for any help I can get.

[lakerdonald]

Unless you're using some SATA disk or SCSI, your Windows partition will probably be /dev/hdax, where x is a number like 2 or 3.
Do:

ls /dev/hda*

to see how many partitions there are.
Then, either by using common sense/trial and error/combination of both, figure out which one is the windows partition, and mount it. Assuming that your Windows partition is /dev/hda3:

mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/windows

Just make sure to replace the number 3 with the real number, and that /mnt/windows exists.

[Calehay]

It says that only root can perform it, and I tried doing it in root. It's mounted, but I can only access it in root. How do I access it in other login accounts?

[lakerdonald]

When you mount it, do it like this:

mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/windows -o users

[Calehay]

Thanks a lot. I'll try that when I get a chance to log back into Linux.

[Calehay]

It didn't work. The other accounts still can't access the windows directory.

I'm using Mandriva One installed to my computer, if that makes a difference.

I:

"umounted /dev/hda2"

then:

"mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows -o users"

right? Or am I missing something?

[lakerdonald]

Wait, by access, what do you mean? Can users read from it? Can they not write to it?

[Calehay]

It says that I do not have enough permissions to open /mnt/windows.

[Turb0flat4]

It says that I do not have enough permissions to open /mnt/windows.

Maybe your permissions have not been set correctly for the mount point. Try this :

1. Go to console.
2. Become root (su)
3. "cd /mnt"
4. "chmod 555 windows"

Now try umounting and mounting again.

[Turb0flat4]

It didn't work. The other accounts still can't access the windows directory.

I'm using Mandriva One installed to my computer, if that makes a difference.

I:

"umounted /dev/hda2"

then:

"mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows -o users"

right? Or am I missing something?

BTW, when unmounting, you type "umount /dev/hda2". I assume the "past tense" was just to be grammatical ?