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Accesing files from fat32 hard disk in linux redhat 6.1.
Name: Heena Date: July 10, 2000 at 09:07:47 Pacific
Comment:
I have two hard disks. One has windows and the other linux. Is it possible for me to copy or access files from my windows hard disk in linux red hat 6.1.
you need to mount or place your hard disk in a directory in your filesystem on linux.
You should have a directory called /mnt. In there make a directory with nothing in it, lets say i call it "win".
As root issue the command "mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/win -t vfat" This assumes that you are using ide interface and your windows disk is on the first partition of you primary as a master.
Check out the man page for the mount command it will tell you all about the options.
Summary: hi ! I have a problem mounting my hard disk in linux. I have used the 'fdisk -l /dev/hd?' to see the list of all of my drives and then used mount -vfat /dev/hda5 /mnt/test command to mount one of m...
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