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NNA2m
15-06-2002, 04:01 PM
I need drivers for my modem under Red Hat, but of course I can't get on the internet through Red Hat to download the drivers.
I have the Linux drivers on my Windows partition, but being a Linux newbie I have no idea how to get them from the Wndows partition to the Linux partition.
I'm not sure how to mount a Windows drive in Linux, if you can.
What should I do?
KingJackal
15-06-2002, 04:21 PM
GOOGLE (http://www.google.com/)

FFS - do a search first!!
I typed in "mount windows partition in linux".

This FIRST result was:
Accessing a Windows Partition (www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/ getting-started-guide/s1-q-and-a-windows.html )

That's right - the REDHAT.COM FAQ. :rolleyes:
Linux ( RedHat, Mandrake, etc ) can access the following drive format types:
FAT
FAT-16
FAT-32
NTFS ( limited )
....and about 40 other formats!
Ragnor
15-06-2002, 04:50 PM
unbelievable how lazy (stupid?) people are becoming...

just post here and we'll do everything for you... includes spoon feeding and holding your **** for you when you pee
NNA2m
15-06-2002, 04:58 PM
I did actually try that before I posted, but it coulden't get it to create a mount.

When I said that I was asking if there was any OTHER way to do it, not how to mount a goddamn drive.
Ragnor
15-06-2002, 05:10 PM
ah I see... sorry I'm just in a bad mood

What type of partition are you trying to mount, is it a WindowsXP NTFS partition by any chance?..

If so you might have a problem as WinXP uses a newer version of NTFS then 2k did... probably too new to be properly supported yet...

or is it a good ole FAT32 partition?
....
NNA2m
15-06-2002, 05:23 PM
Well, it actually turned out that I was trying to mount the partition into a folder that didn't exist. :rolleyes: Stupid me. :D
I think I've got it fixed now but I'll have to see how it goes...
nomad[32]
16-06-2002, 10:17 PM
just mount the drive and copy the file

eg:

mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

/mnt/windows is now like c:\

cp /mnt/windows/temp/some_file ~/

If it's ntfs, you won't be able to move it, as ntfs is still read only for linux.

Done. :)
NNA2m
21-06-2002, 11:25 PM
Yeah, that was just what I was doing... Just I didn't make the directory (mkdir /mnt/windows) first... :D