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**Joey** · 10-20-2005, 07:14 PM

Ok, here's the deal... My computer is running on Linux off of a 160 GB HDD... The Harddrive it formated in Linux extended 3...

Now, I have a second hard drive that's 40 GB's (37 GB's of it are usable... 4 GB's of it are free)... It's formated in Windows NTFS...

So here's the question... Is there any (easy) way to have Linux recognize those files??? Obviously I can't format the disk (that would erase the files)... But I can't access them to move them to the Linux harddrive...

Any seggestions???

**kaioshade** · 10-21-2005, 06:09 AM

Before you can read the NTFS/FAT files on your hard drive you have to mount the device.

first you have to know what the hard drive is called.
usually hda or hdb with a number after it identifying the partition of the drive.

start up a command line console

su ---> to log in as the root.

fdisk /dev/hd? ---> to find out more about your hard drive.

when Command (m for help): press p

this will show you more settings about your device.

press q to quit.

create a directory where you want the drive to show up.

/home/Desktop/ntfs/

now mount the drive.

mount -t ntfs /dev/hd?# /home/Desktop/ntfs/
or
mount -t fat /dev/hd?# /home/Desktop/ntfs/

**Joey** · 10-21-2005, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaioshade

start up a command line console

Well, that's the problem... I don't know how to do that... The only command console I can find is kjscmd, and that doesn't recognize any of the command's you posted (unless, I'm just entering them wrong)...

**EDIT** Never mind... I found the command console... But now I have another problem... I entered in su, then it asks for a password... I goto type it in, and it wont let me type... What's up???

**kaioshade** · 10-21-2005, 12:12 PM

You can type it in, but unlike windows it will not show asterisks or any indication. Just type it in as normal and hit enter.

**Joey** · 10-21-2005, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaioshade

You can type it in, but unlike windows it will not show asterisks or any indication. Just type it in as normal and hit enter.

Well, ok here's the next problem... I'm getting "Authentication Failure"... Is the password just your login password??? Because it's not working for me...

**EDIT**
Ok, never mind, I got passed the Authentication problem... But now the Console wont recognize the HDD... Here's my HDD info...

And here's my console log...

Code:

****@ubuntu:~$ su ****
Password:
****@ubuntu:~$ fdisk/dev/hdb
bash: fdisk/dev/hdb: No such file or directory
****@ubuntu:~$ dev/hdb
bash: dev/hdb: No such file or directory

10-20-2005, 07:14 PM	#1
Joey Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 11,361 Trader Feedback: 0	HDD/Operating System help... Ok, here's the deal... My computer is running on Linux off of a 160 GB HDD... The Harddrive it formated in Linux extended 3... Now, I have a second hard drive that's 40 GB's (37 GB's of it are usable... 4 GB's of it are free)... It's formated in Windows NTFS... So here's the question... Is there any (easy) way to have Linux recognize those files??? Obviously I can't format the disk (that would erase the files)... But I can't access them to move them to the Linux harddrive... Any seggestions??? __________________ [CENTER][B][SIZE=1]Girl, just call me the gamec[COLOR=Black]o[/COLOR]ck, because when you beat it on hard, you get the special ending. They call her a ho, and you hope to god it was true... 'Cause see, a ho fcks everybody... And a b[COLOR=Black]i[/COLOR]tch fcks everybody but you. [/SIZE][/B][/CENTER]

10-21-2005, 06:09 AM	#2
kaioshade Blade Works Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,610 Trader Feedback: 0	Before you can read the NTFS/FAT files on your hard drive you have to mount the device. first you have to know what the hard drive is called. usually hda or hdb with a number after it identifying the partition of the drive. start up a command line console su ---> to log in as the root. fdisk /dev/hd? ---> to find out more about your hard drive. when Command (m for help): press p this will show you more settings about your device. press q to quit. create a directory where you want the drive to show up. /home/Desktop/ntfs/ now mount the drive. mount -t ntfs /dev/hd?# /home/Desktop/ntfs/ or mount -t fat /dev/hd?# /home/Desktop/ntfs/ __________________ [url=http://www.xboxusersgroup.com/forums/vbgamerinfo.php?u=42892][img]http://gamercard.xboxusersgroup.com/xugcard42892.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/FriendsMgmt.aspx?gt=kaioshade&act=Add]Friend Request[/url] [url=http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/MessageCenter/SendMessage.aspx?gt=kaioshade]Send Live Message[/url]

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