Accessing windoze partitions in Linux

From: Nunna Yarbiz (nunna_at_home.net)
Date: 12/25/04

  • Next message: Michael Bloomfield: "Accessing windoze partitions in Linux" 
    Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 13:35:13 +0800

    I've noticed that every now and then sombody askes how to access the win
    partitions while using Linux.

    This is the little trick I came up with and now use during every setup
    to make them visible.
    I don't know if it will make ntfs partitions visible. I've only used it
    on fat32.
    If sombody else tries this and ntfs partitions do become visible, I'd be
    gratefull for the feedback.

    Okay, here goes.....
    Windoze appears to require that it be installed on the first partition
    of the hard drive. .... (A lame idea if ever there was one. ... Of
    course it can be moved after it has been installed using programs like
    PQmagic. In this instance there is no particular need so I won't go into
    that any further).

    Lets say you have two win partitions .... C: & D: .... and the rest of
    your drive is for Linux.
    So a simplified layout from the start of your drive might look like
    this......
    C: ---> D: ---> /root partition ---> /swap partition

    When installing linux and you get to the graphical hard disk partitioner
    where you are shown all the existing partitions including those for
    windoze.
    To setup Linux you create the root and swap as you would normaly using /
    to indicate the root partition and /swap for the swap partition.
    Then you mark them both to be formatted before the OS install.

    Before you proceed to the formatting, you need to indicate the mount
    point for the two windoze partitions.
    The mount point "hack" is a mixture of both Unix and Dos commands.
    So the mount point for C: drive will become /C:\
    Do the same for any other win partitions too .... D: becomes /D:\ etc.
    Be sure to mark them NOT for format and then continue with the rest of
    the Linux installation.

    It looks a bit weird but has worked for me using various versions of Red
    Hat and windoze.
    When I'm the root user I can see the C & D partitions as folders
    included in the root directory where I can easily drag n drop files back
    and forth between both Linux & windoze eggs pee.
    These folders/partitions and their contents are visible to any user but
    moving files is a problem. So you'll need to be the root for full
    control over the now visible partitions.

    This should work for other distros too ..... Good luck.

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