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Thread ID: 53502	2005-01-19 09:24:00	Access Windows partitions from Linux	Mike (15)	Press F1

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315794	2005-01-19 19:01:00	however if you don't have /mnt/fat32 made already you'll get an error... My /mnt is empty... so how do I get things in there first? Mike.	Mike (15)
315795	2005-01-19 19:55:00	From a root terminal type: mkdir /mnt/fat32 (or whatever you want the new directory name to be).	johnd (85)
315796	2005-01-20 00:27:00	And, of course, it won't work if the Windows partition isn't hda5.;) In fact, if Windows existed before you loaded the Linux, it's probably hda1. The /mnt location is part of the new standard linux file system layout. I usually put /floppy, /cdrom, and /MSWindows,etc, mount points at the top level "/". Makes less typing because I do most things with command line.	Graham L (2)
315797	2005-01-20 01:36:00	And, of course, it won't work if the Windows partition isn't hda5 . ;) In fact, if Windows existed before you loaded the Linux, it's probably hda1 . True - but from the original post there are two NTFS partitions both (probably) before the fat32 one so the partition in question won't be hda1 .	johnd (85)
315798	2005-01-20 01:47:00	cat /proc/partitions	Chilling_Silence (9)
315799	2005-01-20 04:00:00	I usually put /floppy, /cdrom, and /MSWindows,etc, mount points at the top level "/". Makes less typing because I do most things with command line. How do I do that Graham? Do I just leave off the /mnt when creating and associating the mount points? Mike.	Mike (15)
315800	2005-01-20 05:52:00	Correct :) Be sure to be doing this all as root thou!	Chilling_Silence (9)
315801	2005-01-20 08:54:00	Right, well that all seemed to work... however after a restart I lost the mount point - do I have to type all that in everytime I boot up? Mike.	Mike (15)
315802	2005-01-20 09:50:00	YOu need to add an entry to the /etc/fstab file to enable mounting at boot time. Follow the syntax for other hard disk partitions mounted at boot time.	johnd (85)
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