HOWTO:mounting windows partitions with linux and editing fstab file

[jan1024188]

if tutorial like that alredy exsists on this forum please delete this one!!!!

important:use /dev/sda instead of /dev/hda if you have sata hdd
first you need some info about windows partition so type

su -

fdisk -l

in your terminal
(its fdisk -l with small L)
you will get output like that (maybe shorter)

Disk /dev/hda: 164.6 GB, 164696555520 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 20023 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 1275 10241406 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 1276 14924 109635592+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda3 * 14925 17218 18426555 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda4 17219 20024 22532055 a5 FreeBSD
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda5 1276 1538 2112516 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda6 1539 8550 56323858+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 8551 13904 43005973+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/hdb: 30.7 GB, 30750031872 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3738 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 3582 28772383+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb2 3583 3738 1253070 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdb5 3583 3738 1253038+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

so check for line like if you have FAT partition

/dev/hda3 * 14925 17218 18426555 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

like you see i have FAT32 partition on /dev/hda3
for NTFS check for line like that

/dev/hda3 * 14925 17218 18426555 c HTFS/NTFS

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now you should make a directory where windows will be mounted:
you can make it almost everywhere you want.Ill make it in mnt dir:

mkdir /mnt/win_c

if you want to mount two partitions than make two directories

mkdir /mnt/win_c
mkdir /mnt/win_d

now mounting.......
for FAT partition (my case)

mount -t vfat /dev/hda3 /mnt/win_c

for NTFS partition

mount -t ntfs /dev/hda3 /mnt/win_c

congratulations windows is mounted.Now you have to edit fstab file

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type

su

gedit /etc/fstab

or

vi /etc/fstab

or

emacs /etc/fstab

or use your favorite text editor
you will get text like that

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hdb5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

[jan1024188]

add this line for FAT32 partition

/dev/hda3 /mnt/win_c vfat rw.defaults,umask=0000 0 0

press enter to make empty last line
save and reboot
open /mnt/win_c directory to start with sharing or wiewing files

add this for NTFS partition

/dev/hda3 /mnt/win_c ntfs ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0

press enter to make empty last line
save and reboot
this will mount windows partition for reading only
open /mnt/win_c directory to start with wiewing windows files

you will have to install modules like 3g ntfs for writing into ntfs partitions

[jan1024188]

download g3 ntfs here
http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/...-download.html
put file in your home directory
open a terminal and type

tar -xvf filename.tar.gz

(type name of tgz file instead of filename)
now type

cd ~/name of file where is extracted(in your home folder)

install packag with typing

su
./configure
make
make install

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now make a directory where NTFS partition will be mounted

su
mkdir /mnt/3g

now mount partition using 3g ntfs

ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/g3

editing fstab is the last step:

su
gedit /etc/fstab

add this line

/dev/hda1 /mnt/g3 ntfs-3g silent,umask=0,no_def_opts,allow_other,locale=hu_H U.utf8 0 0

save and reboot

ENJOY!!!!

[X.Cyclop]

Just change this to your language:
/dev/hda1 /mnt/g3 ntfs-3g silent,umask=0,no_def_opts,allow_other,locale=hu_H U.utf8 0 0

locale=language_COUNTRY

Examples:
en_US [English US]
es_MX [Espa&#241;ol MX]
...

Thanks!

[jan1024188]

Just change this to your language:
/dev/hda1 /mnt/g3 ntfs-3g silent,umask=0,no_def_opts,allow_other,locale=hu_H U.utf8 0 0



Examples:
en_US [English US]
es_MX [Espa&#241;ol MX]
...

Thanks!

hey thanks....actualy i didnt think about that....

[ilikeubuntu]

mkdir: cannot create directory `/win': Permission denied?
what is wrong?????????????????????

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type

sudo

before mkdir command
so

sudo mkdir /yourdir
Password: <------here enter your root password