Sharing files between two Linux partitions

[Paul Smith]

On 8/28/05, Mostafa Z. Afgani <mostafa.afgani at world.iu-bremen.de> wrote:
> > I have two Linux partitions on my computer (but in different hard
> > disks) and I would like to transfer some files from my Mandriva
> > partition to my Fedora Core 4 partition. I have tried
> >
> > mount /dev/hdb1 /mandriva
> >
> > and I can access to the Mandriva partition, but my files in my home
> > directory (in Mandriva) do not show up. I guess this problem is
> 
> Are they simply not there, or do you get an access denied error? If they
>   are simply not there, then I suspect they were on a different
> partition than the / partition.

The files are there - I am absolutely sure -, but 

/mandriva/home

appears empty on Fedora.

Paul