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by **djv1** » Wed 14 Jan, 2004 6:09 pm

I want to know how to open a linux hard drive from windows. What software do i need

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by **Mandrake** » Wed 14 Jan, 2004 8:15 pm

Short answer: You can't.

Long answer: It is possible, with third party utiltites, but these can destroy your Linux partition, so it's not reccommended. The best way to share files between Linux and Windows on a single system is to create a FAT32 partition and store all your data on that, both Linux and Windows can read FAT32 partitons. Linux can also access NTFS partitions, but that is experimental, and again it may destroy your NTFS partitions, not reccomended.

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by **DJGM** » Wed 14 Jan, 2004 8:25 pm

SuSE Linux will mounts all existing Windows partitions on the PC, and places HDD icons on the desktop to
represent each partition. NTFS partitions are set as "read only", and FAT32 are partially set as "read/write"

While I'm running SUSE Linux, I can access all files on my NTFS partitions, but cannot write anything to
those partitions. Meanwhile, I can also access my FAT32 partitions, and can write to their root levels

e.g. If I have a FAT32 partition at C:\ , I can write anything to that level of the
partition, but I cannot write anything to C:\folder\ . . . C:\folder\folder\ . . . etc . . .

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by **djv1** » Thu 15 Jan, 2004 9:20 pm

I have Red Hat Linux and u say there is a way of accessing it can u tell me how u do that

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by **DJGM** » Thu 15 Jan, 2004 9:26 pm

IIRC, in RedHat/Fedora, you need to mount your Windows partitions manually in the Terminal.

As I know only minimal Linux commands, you'll need to ask someone else with RedHat/Fedora.

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by **Mandrake** » Fri 16 Jan, 2004 1:42 am

From the Redhat site:

Accessing a Windows Partition
Q: How Do I Access My Windows Partition?

I have a dual-boot system with Red Hat Linux and Windows 98. Is there a way to access my Windows partition while I'm running Linux?
A: Two Ways to Access Windows Partitions

You can access another partition on your system, for example, a Windows partition, in two different ways.

First, let's assume that your Windows partition is on your first IDE hard drive, in the first partition (/dev/hda1).

At a shell prompt, log in as root (type su and then enter the root password).

Create a directory at which the Windows partition will be mounted by typing the following command:

mkdir /mnt/vfat

Before you can access the partition, you will need to mount it at the directory you just created. As root, type the following command at a shell prompt:

mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/vfat

Another method of mounting a Windows partition is by editing the file /etc/fstab.

At a shell prompt, su to root, following the above example.

Before you can access the partition, you will need to mount it at the directory you just created. As root, type the following command at a shell prompt:

mkdir /mnt/vfat

Next, while you're still root, open the /etc/fstab in a text editor by typing (for example):

pico /etc/fstab

The line that probably shows where Windows is mounted is /dev/hda1 (or similar). Edit this line so it looks like this:

/dev/hda1 /mnt/vfat vfat noauto,owner,users 0 0

Press [Ctrl]-[x] and then press "y" for "yes" when prompted to save the changes. For more information on the mount command, read the man page by typing man mount at a shell prompt.

To access the partition, type cd /mnt/vfat. To navigate through Windows 98's "long filename" directories, surround the directory in quotation marks, as in ls "Program Files".

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by **jubalj** » Sat 17 Jan, 2004 2:52 pm

correct me if i'm wrong, isn't the original poster asking about how to access his linux partition while he is booted up and using MS windows?

Well it depends on the format of the linux partition that you want to mount. If it is an ext2 formated partition then you can use a program called explore2fs,

the actual link http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm is not working at the moment?? but here is the google cache http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=cache: ... n&ie=UTF-8

I guess u can download it from http://www.alltheweb.com/search?avkw=fo ... _lang=pref

hope this helps
Jubal

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by **djv1** » Sat 17 Jan, 2004 3:43 pm

I'll check that out thanks.

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by **Mandrake** » Sat 17 Jan, 2004 5:25 pm

But any poor coding in those programs could mean a trashed Linux partition. It's like NTFS write-support under Linux, I wouldn't trust it.

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by **djv1** » Sat 17 Jan, 2004 10:19 pm

I kind of figured that I haven't tried it yet. But I figured it wouldn't work anyway. I'll just buy my self another hard drive.

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