[Ubuntu-PH] Mounting harddrives

[jan gestre]

On 8/23/05, Arlan Tiu <arlantiu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Whoa, grabe!!!!
> 
> Before Windows, I'm used to typing commands in DOS but I think Linux
> command line is far more complicated than DOS.
> 
> I'll try your suggestion and steps. Hopefully, I can get it right. :D
> 
> 
> Arlan
> 
at first it may seem daunting, but when you get the hang of it it's
really cool and more powerful than the limited dos prompt. you can
mount it at boot time so you don't have to mount it everytime your
computer boots up, here is how, i suppose you know how to use a text
editor like gedit, nano or vi? from the command line issue this
command:

$ sudo gedit /etc/fstab

your shell will now turn into an editor, add this line at the bottom,
line beginning with # sign means it is a comment:

/dev/hda1       /media/windows  ntfs    nls=utf8,umask=0222 0       0

then save the file you edited,m the next time you boot up, the windows
partition will now be automatically mounted.

for more help regarding ubuntu read the unofficial ubuntu guide at
http://ubuntuguide.org

HTH
> On 8/23/05, jan gestre <plugger.list at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 8/23/05, Arlan Tiu <arlantiu at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Just new in using ubuntu, my problem is I don't know how to mount a
> > > windows harddisk since I need to copy some files in it.
> > >
> > > The system recognize that there are 2 hard drives but ubuntu can't see
> > > it. Hope you can help me. If ever please give the step by step
> > > process.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance and more power!
> > > --
> > if you're not yet comfortable using the command line interface, now's
> > the time to get your feet wet :D
> > lets assume your windows partition is installed in hda1 and is using
> > ntfs, here is how you do it:
> >
> > $ sudo mkdir /media/windows
> > $ sudo mount /dev/hda1 /media/windows/ -t ntfs -o nls=utf8,umask=0222
> >
> > if its in fat partition:
> >
> > $ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /media/windows
> >
> > to unmount the windows partition:
> >
> > $ sudo umount /media/windows
> >
> > HTH
> > > Arlan R. Tiu
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> 
> --
> Arlan R. Tiu
> Computer Teacher / I.T. Head
> St. Peter the Apostle School
> 1260 Pres. Quirino Ave. Ext., Paco, Manila, Philippines
> 0921-3098333
>