can i access my window partitions

[grishi_111]

i m using Vector Linux soho
i have one other partition other than that containing widows files & folders.
i want to access this partition.
can i make this to work with both OS i.e. Windows & Linux

[kernel.exe]

you should tell us the window partition type that you are desirable to vist ,FAT32 or NTFS.
if your partitions is FAT32,then use command 'fdisk -l' to list your partitions info and get your partitions Deive name i.e. /dev/sda1.
then step by step as following to mount your partitions to your linux system:
1.mkdir /mnt/window //to creat a directory as a link to your window partitions
2.mount /dev/sda* /mnt/window //mount the partition to linux system
3. cd /mnt/window //you can visit window partitions

if your partition is NTFS,check your linux system whether support the NTFS partition.if ok ,then do the same steps with FAT32 type. otherwise,you need to install some RPMs to support the NTFS type.

[bigtomrodney]

Just a side note, on Vector you will not have /sbin/ in your path - you will need to run fdisk as root to get a listing anyway. Just switch to root using su - first.

[grishi_111]

its still problematic
mkdir /mnt/window is not executing

[bigtomrodney]

Best thing to do is to post back the results of the following commands. Enter your root password when you are prompted.

su -
fdisk -l
cat /etc/fstab
ls /mnt/

Remember that if a command does not return an error this is considered to be a success, only errors or requested output is returned.

[grishi_111]

ok commonds succeeded
but where i would find that drive

[grishi_111]

README cdwriter/ hd/ memory/ win/
cdrecorder/ dvd/ linux/ pendrive/ window/
cdrom/ floppy/ loop/ tmp/ zip/

[grishi_111]

root:# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 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/sda1 1 3187 25599546 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 3188 9729 52548615 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 3188 6374 25599546 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda6 * 6375 6996 4996214+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 6997 7618 4996214+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 7619 9729 16956607 83 Linux
vector://mnt/window
root:# cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# The following is an example. Please see fstab(5) for further details.
# Please refer to mount(1) for a complete description of mount options.
#
# Format:
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
#
# dump( uses the <dump> field to determine which file systems need
# to be dumped. fsck( uses the <pass> column to determine which file
# systems need to be checked--the root file system should have a 1 in
# this field, other file systems a 2, and any file systems that should
# not be checked (such as MS-initrd/mnt or NFS file systems) a 0.

# The Linux partitions
/dev/sda6 / ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda7 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/sda8 /var ext3 defaults 0 2

# Shared Windows/Linux partition
#/dev/hda1 /mnt/dos msdos umask=0 0 0
#/dev/hda1 /mnt/win vfat fmask=111,dmask=0,quiet,shortname=mixed,user 0 0
#/dev/hda1 /mnt/win ntfs umask=0 0 0

# Floppy disks
# The 'noauto' option indicates that the file system should not be mounted
# with 'mount -a' 'user' indicates that normal users are allowed to mount
# the file system.
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto defaults,noauto,user 0 0
#/dev/fd1 /mnt/floppy auto defaults,noauto,user 0 0

# If you have a ls-120 floppy drive, it could be on /dev/hda b c d etc.
#/dev/hdd /mnt/ls120 auto defaults,noauto,user 0 0

# CDROM, CDWRITER, DVD
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 users,noauto,ro
/dev/cdwriter /mnt/cdwriter iso9660 users,noauto,ro
/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd iso9660 users,noauto,ro

# NFS file systems:
#linux01.gwdg.de:/suse/6.3/i386.de /mnt/nfs nfs defaults 0 0

# proc file system:
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

# Unix98 devpts filesystem:
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=666 0 0

# Shared memory filesystem:
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0

# Basic USB filesystem
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0

# example of a VFAT USB pendrive
#/dev/sda1 /mnt/pendrive vfat fmask=111,dmask=0,noauto,user,quiet,shortname=mixe d 0 0


# Swap partitions
# The 'sw' option means auto activating with 'swapon -a'.
vector://mnt/window
root:# ls /mnt/
README cdwriter/ hd/ memory/ win/
cdrecorder/ dvd/ linux/ pendrive/ window/
cdrom/ floppy/ loop/ tmp/ zip/
vector://mnt/window
root:#