How to access XP partition with DSL

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

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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

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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.

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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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