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Hello...

I had this old laptop I got DSL running on (From what I can tell, a lot of people did this).  It runs all nice and shiny... but I can't figure out how to access the hard drive!  Aurrrgh!  At least, I'm PRETTY sure I can't... maybe I'm just being dumb.

Does anybody know how I can read my laptop's hard drive?  I don't think Linux should have a problem reading it, because I tried to install Suse Linux over the screwed-up Win98 partition before (and, of course, KDE needed too much ram and I got stuck at a BASH prompt or something <shrug>)...but it should be  formatted in a Linux-y way.

Also, I have a jumpdrive I want to be able to use too.  Is the precess for looking at that the same?  Or different?

Anyhow, thanks for any help I get.  It will be much appreciated.

I am soo not 1337. :D

Josh
Did I post in the wrong place? I feel even more dumb. :(

Josh
Well, i think it's the right place to ask...
so, back to your problem.
1 - there's a mounting dockapp in the bottom right corner of the screen, search for your hard drive (hd*) using the arrows and mount it using the other button, wich should become green
2 - using emelfm, you should now be able to access it's content in /mnt/hd*

here, * stands for a number.

hope this helps.
OK, here is the quick tour:

Right-click on an empty area of the desktop to bring up the Fluxbox "Start Menu". Then choose Apps -> Tools -> Emelfm -> Emelfm  to start up the Emelfm file manager.

Emelfm is a "two pane" file manager that works like Midnight Commander or like the old Norton Commander for MSDOS.

You can use the toolbar to navigate to different directories in both the left hand window pane and the right side window pane.

You use the buttons in the middle of the program to perform operations on the highlighted file, or you can use the Right-Click context menu for additional choices.

For example, if you want to do a "copy", you can highlight a file in the left pane and then press the "copy" button and it will create a copy of the file in the directory that is shown in the right pane.  It will also copy from right to left if the highlighter is selecting a file that is in the right pane.

Here is an example of how to connect to a Windows drive that is located at partition "hda1" (may be different for your computer):

1) Open emelfm
2) Navigate to the /mnt directory.
3) Highlight and Right-Click on the "hda1" directory (it is also known as a "mount point").
4) Choose "Mount" from the context menu.
5) The "C:\" drive contents now appear inside the /mnt/hda1 directory.

HTH
Thanks--it worked!  It was soo cool.  So I'm happy now. <aura of contentness>.

Josh
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