How to access XP partition with DSL


Forum: System
Topic: How to access XP partition with DSL
started by: bobh1950

Posted by bobh1950 on May 09 2006,18:26
Probably been asked many times, but here it is again.  I have a Windows XP ntfs partition on my box.  Though I have not had problems accessing it from Mandriva in the root subdirectory "mnt", and in "drv" in other distros, I have been unable to figure out how to get to it from DSL.   Any help on where it is hiding?

Bob from Kansas ???

Posted by tuxedo on May 09 2006,20:48
you can vizualise your partitions by : fdisk -l.
for instance a primary XP partition (C:) can be seen as /dev/hda1, and and extended partition, such as D:, /dev/hda5
to mount it, just type:
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1, and you should access to your XP partition.
you can mount it at boot by putting the mount command in  /opt/bootlocal.sh.

Posted by piccolo on May 09 2006,21:52
Also you can read this post:< New to linux can't mount hd in dsl >
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