Sharing files between two Linux partitions

[Paul Smith]

On 8/28/05, Stuart Sears <stuart at sjsears.com> 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.
> >
> This sounds like a classic example of an unmounted filesystem.
> mount your /mandriva partition as you described.
> now:
> grep home /mandriva/etc/fstab
> and tell us what you see

Thanks, Stuart. The result is:

$ grep home /mandriva/etc/fstab
/dev/hdb6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
$ 

Paul