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I recently installed Linux Mint on my machine from a live cd. I didn't create a new partition, I just installed it along side XP. My question is, it installed on my F partition, but when using Mint, I couldn't access or see my F partition. Does anyone know why. HDD has 3 partitions C, which contains XP. F and G contain installed programs pics etc. I could mount C and G but couldn't locate F. TIA
Sounds like you really did install Mint on to F. Now F is an EXT2 (my guess) formatted partition. My guess would be all your windows data is lost too.
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Les Paul (1915-2009)
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I directed it to install on F/program files/Linux Mint. I uninstalled it and F is just fine. I just couldn't access F when Mint was installed.
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The Windows OS does not understand any file systems other than those developed by Microsoft (fat, fat32, and ntfs). Windows may possibly understand the hpfs file system originated for use with OS2, but I am not sure of that. I know for certain that Windows can not recognize any partition formatted for Linux. That is why you can no longer access the F drive.
Linux does not even use the alphabetic designations you see in Windows, instead, the first partition on the first hard drive is called /dev/hda1, or in recent Linux kernels, /dev/sda1. hda1 is an acronym for Hard Drive A, partition 1 and sda1 is an acronym for Scsi Disk A, partition 1. hda (or sda) represents the first physical hard drive in the computer. The second drive is seen as hdb (or sdb), etc.
The PC architecture permits four primary partitions per hard drive device. Linux numbers then 1 through 4. If you have an extended partition to permit the addition of one or more Logical Volumes, Linux will identify them beginning with the number 5, so if you have one primary partition, an extended partition, a logical volume for the Linux swap partition, and a logical volume for your /home user space, They will be seen as:
sda1 - the primary partition
sda2 - the extended partition
sda5 - logical volume containing the Linux swap space
sda6 - logical volume containing the user spaceEach of these partitions are mounted at directories in the Linux file system. The first primary partition in this scenario will usually be the system partition, mounted at the root (/) of the Linux file system. Extended partitions are never mounted in the Linux file system. The first logical volume containing the Linux swap space is a special case, and is mounted, but not in the Linux file system. The second logical volume containing the user space is mounted in the Linux file system at /home.
HTH
Ernie Registered Linux User 247790
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Hi ernie. Thanx for the explanation. Thanx for the link Jam, and no I didn't use that installer. I stuck the Mint cd in the tray and chose the option to install Linux along side Windows. This, as you know, let's you remove it from Add/Remove programs if you don't like it. After the install, I could see my C drive with Windows on it and my G drive with all my apps and pics etc. Linux Mint was installed in F/program files/mint. I just couldn't see or access my F partition. It saw my C and G just fine even though they are formatted NTFS. My F partition is fine and always was. I didn't format anything, I just install Mint as a program.
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"This, as you know, let's you remove it from Add/Remove programs if you don't like it."
I guess I wasn't clear. WUBI is built into the Mint CD...I was asking if you used it (which you apparently did). The link is to the stand-alone version.
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Honestly, I don't remember. I was anxious to install it and didn't pay attention to what it used to install. I like Mint and will probably reinstall it. I thought I botched something with the install because it wouldn't display the partition it was installed on. I'm going to dl the latest version, but it takes over 3 hours for the download. Thanx for the reply jam and keep up the good work.
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Then give me a bit more info.
When you are in windows can you see all the drives as they should be? It is only when you are in Mint that the (so called) F drive can't be mounted?
Wubi should have just setup a large file somewhere that is a virtual linux filesystem. You should be able to find it by looking with windows for a large file. Something like a gig at least or much more.
It may be that we don't understand wubi enough. I kind of can't believe that it would somehow mark that partition as a non-mountable drive unless somehow the virtual file system is dynamic.
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Les Paul (1915-2009)
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Jefro,
All partitions can be seen and are healthy in Windows. After the Linux install, I could mount C and G. F was not seen anywhere. I uninstalled it for now. Maybe I should try to install it on C which contains my Win xp system. Everything else in Linux worked fine, I just couldn't access F. Ideas?????
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Jam may know more about wubi if this doesn't help.
See ubuntu wiki too.https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide#How%20do%20I%20access%20the%20Windows%20drives?
"The Windows partition where you installed Wubi is available as /host within Ubuntu (places > computer > file system > host) All the other partitions will be available under places > removable media "
Command line mount should show what is mounted.
Playing to the angels
Les Paul (1915-2009)
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Ha Ha, I mean jefro. I must have been thinking of the Beverly Hillbillies :))) I can do my timeses and gazintas clean up to 10.
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Hahaha.
Are you a double naught spy too?
I'm torn between being a brain surgeon or a fry cook.
I hope that means the information helped.
Playing to the angels
Les Paul (1915-2009)
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