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    how can i access windows partitions on linux systems?
    Sunday, May 27, 2007 2:48 AM

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    that can be done by typing the following on the Command shell.

    mount -t vfat <source dir> <dest. dir>

    for source dir name-- refer to hardware browser to know which partition you want to mount
    like /dev/sda1 or /dev/hda1 etc

    for dest dir- give the name where you want to get them mounted
    Sunday, May 27, 2007 2:59 AM
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    yeah that's right.
    but as such you can't mount NTFS partitions on linux.
    still not supported man
    Sunday, May 27, 2007 6:06 AM
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    You can definitely mount NTFS if you have access to its RPM. That's the only way.

    You can load NTFS in read only mode from Linux. Additional drivers are neeeded to enable write mode.
    Sunday, May 27, 2007 7:12 AM
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    will you give me a command then?
     i tried on my computer but couldn't mount ntfs partitions
    Sunday, May 27, 2007 12:12 PM
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    Download the RPMs from RHL network, and then you can use them.
    Sunday, May 27, 2007 6:41 PM
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    hey i wasn't talking about rpm or tar packages.
    can you mount them without installing any rpm
    Monday, May 28, 2007 6:32 AM

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    that can be done by typing the following on the Command shell.

    mount -t vfat <source dir> <dest. dir>

    for source dir name-- refer to hardware browser to know which partition you want to mount
    like /dev/sda1 or /dev/hda1 etc

    for dest dir- give the name where you want to get them mounted
    Sunday, May 27, 2007 2:59 AM
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    This method will mount only FAT FS, and can't be used to mount NTFS.

    So the answer is partially correct as Linux itself supports FAT FS.
    Sunday, May 27, 2007 3:28 AM
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    yeah that's right.
    but as such you can't mount NTFS partitions on linux.
    still not supported man
    Sunday, May 27, 2007 6:06 AM
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    You can definitely mount NTFS if you have access to its RPM. That's the only way.

    You can load NTFS in read only mode from Linux. Additional drivers are neeeded to enable write mode.
    Sunday, May 27, 2007 7:12 AM
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    will you give me a command then?
     i tried on my computer but couldn't mount ntfs partitions
    Sunday, May 27, 2007 12:12 PM
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    if u find it difficult doing it urself then u can downlaod many utlities, they do it for you...search download.com and soft32,com
    Sunday, May 27, 2007 1:14 PM
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    Download the RPMs from RHL network, and then you can use them.
    Sunday, May 27, 2007 6:41 PM
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    In my Suse linux, windows partitions are automatically mounted... Same was the case when i used Ubuntu...
    Monday, May 28, 2007 1:56 AM
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    NTFS partitions were also mounted by Suse automatically..
    Monday, May 28, 2007 2:03 AM
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    hey i wasn't talking about rpm or tar packages.
    can you mount them without installing any rpm
    Monday, May 28, 2007 6:32 AM
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    To my knowledge and experiments, its not possible to mount without RPMs on Linux till version 9. So i've no idea to mount them without using RPMs
    Monday, May 28, 2007 6:59 PM