FC4 - How can I have access to my Windows partition from Fedora?

[Stuart Sears]

Hoffmann wrote:
 > When I run: mount -t ntfs,ro /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
> 
> I got the following error: mount: mount point
> /mnt/windows does not exist
> 
> Could I hear from you again?
absolutely.
I assumed more knowledge in my last post. Apologies.
besides, that comand was wrong. So don't type it.
The correct version is further down this post.
:)
for most of the rest of this you will need root privileges.

1) to find out which partitions are which, try
fdisk -l
you shoud see output a bit like this:
Disk /dev/hda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1        1217     9775521    b  W95 FAT32
/dev/hda2            1218        1242      200812+  83  Linux
/dev/hda3            1243        3853    20972857+  83  Linux
/dev/hda4            3854       19457   125339130    5  Extended
/dev/hda5            3854        7769    31455238+  83  Linux
...

there may be more or fewer lines in your output.
if you are using NTFS for your windows installation, the windows line
will read (something like)
/dev/hda1   *           1        1217     9775521    b  HPFS/NTFS

this should tell you that your windows partition is /dev/hda1 (if you
are using SATA disks this may be /dev/sda1)

2) make sure you have the NTFS drivers installed
rpm -qa | grep kernel-module-ntfs

if this comes back with an answer a bit like
kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4
(there may be more/different numbers in your output)

then you do have the necessary drivers
if you don't, install them as I mentioned in my last post.

3) create a directory to attach (mount) your windows filesystem:
mkdir /mnt/windows

4) attempt to mount your windows filesystem:

mount -t ntfs -o ro /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

(substitute the correct partition for /dev/hda1)

5) if you want this automatically done each time you boot into FC4
add a line to /etc/fstab that looks like this

/dev/hda1	/mnt/windows	ntfs	ro	0 0

Regards

Stuart