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Thread ID: 15218	2002-02-01 02:03:00	Does Red Hat read Windows Folders?	Guest (0)	Press F1

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33810	2002-02-01 02:03:00	I've just followed instructions on getting Red Hat to read a Fat32 partitioned drive and I created folders in there with files I want Linux to read. I opened up the drive in Red Hat and it was blank. Do I have to place the files directly on the drive without any folders? And the problem I had that definitely didn't require 15 reistallations was a bug in the GUI. Now if only I can decipher the instructions into something SMP monkeys can read.	Guest (0)
33811	2002-02-01 03:05:00	Oh and another thing. What about NTFS or is that just out of the question?	Guest (0)
33812	2002-02-01 03:24:00	I am not sure what you mean by 'opened up the drive and it was blank' You need to mount the drive at the shell prompt; e.g. mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win Assuming 1. you have created a folder called '/mnt/win' 2. the device you want to mount is the primary partition on your first drive (i.e. c: drive under Windows). You will need to change 'hda1' if it is not. Hope this helps?	Guest (0)
33813	2002-02-01 03:52:00	OK the instructions I took was from a previous post. editing the /etc/fstab which didn't work quite right I had to change the noauto part to defaults 0 0. Then I created a folder in the /mnt called J:Drive. I realised where I went wrong that I had to reboot before the changes worked or I think that command you typed above I should have done instead.	Guest (0)
33814	2002-02-01 09:09:00	Hi, As a linux and windows user, I didn't find Red Hat very useful regarding other OS partition reading. For example, the kernel don't have the ntfs partition built in as Mandrake has. Then it is just a matter of getting a simple tool allowing you to read (only read) ntfs partitions on your machine. Usually, during the installation, any fat32 partition should be automatically written in the fstab file and automatically mounted when clicking on the specific icon on the desktop. Give a try with Mandrake 8.1. You will be amazed. Suse is very good too. Cheers!	Guest (0)
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