Win to linux file transfer

[boggy]

I am running windows xp and debian on a duel boot. 1 machine, 2 seperate HD's. I'd like to transfer all of my data ie: mp3's, video's etc etc. from my windows drive to my linux drive. How maybe I go about doing this? Thank you.

[smolloy]

Maybe I'm missing something, but have you tried using cp to copy the data over?

[Juan Pablo]

Maybe the drive is not mounted yet, mount it with something like this

mkdir /mnt/windows
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

Then use a file manager like Konqueror or Nautilus to move the files ..

[boggy]

Maybe the drive is not mounted yet, mount it with something like this

mkdir /mnt/windows
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

Then use a file manager like Konqueror or Nautilus to move the files ..

rawcrack@debian:~$ mount /dev/hda1
mount: can't find /dev/hda1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
rawcrack@debian:~$ mount /dev/hdb1
mount: according to mtab, /dev/hdb1 is already mounted on /
mount failed

Also I am running enlightenment. I don't have Konqueror or Nautilus. I checked both fstab and mtab it seems hda1 isn't being seen.

[Oxygen]

Command should be.

mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

Or if you have ntfs-3g (Which is alot better)

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

Have a nice day.

[boggy]

Command should be.

mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

Or if you have ntfs-3g (Which is alot better)

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

Have a nice day.

No dice man.
mount: mount point /mnt/windows does not exist

There is nothing wrong with the windows I can boot into it just fine I must be missing somthing here..

[Oxygen]

No! The mount point is a folder that, when mounted, acts as a directory to what you mount. You need to make the folder under whatever name you want (hda1/windows/win32) and make the folder, do this.

cd /mnt
mkdir hda1
mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1

[Ara]

The previous posts covers what commands to use to do what you ask. I would however like to point out that your harddrive isn't necessarily /dev/hda and the partition in question isn't necassarily number 1 (hda1). If you have a SATA or SCSI disk it probably is /dev/sdx. x = a, b, c or something depending on how many disks you have. /dev/sda if you just have one disk. If you have IDE disk it is /dev/hdx. x being a,b,c or something depending on how many disks and/or cd/dvd-drives you got. The partition number is also necassary to know. If you run 'cfdisk /dev/[device]' (replace [device] with hda or sda or whatever) you will probably be able to find out which one is linux and which one i windows (ntfs). Don't modify or save anything in the cfdisk screen!

You could also use 'dmesg' to check out messages and find the disk drive device.

Good luck!

[boggy]

Alright, I got it Thank you everyone for your time and help.

[flipjargendy]

If you'd like it to be a little easier check out www.FS-Driver.org.

It allows you to view all of the files in the Linux System or other Ext Filesystems from Windows. You can browse files in the Linux System just like you'd browse files in Windows.