Can't see my Windows partition from within applications

Sam Tygier samtygier at yahoo.co.uk
Thu Oct 20 18:11:02 UTC 2005


look in /media/ thats where stuff goes now instead of /mnt

sam

Dave M G wrote:
> Ubuntu Users,
> 
> 	I have a two physical disk drives. On one of them is where I keep my
> Windows NE* partition. It is a FAT 32 format, and I have no trouble
> accessing files and reading and writing to the drive from within
> Gnome/Nautilus.
> 
> 	However, if I try to access the files from within an application, for
> example XMMS, I can get as far down as the root directory on my
> Linux/Ubuntu drive, but I can not see any other drives.
> 
> 	I thought perhaps I would find my Windows drive within /mnt/, but that
> directory is empty.
> 
> 	How do I access the files on my Windows partition from within an
> application?
> 
> 
> *Windows NE = Windows Necessary Evil. I'd get rid of it if I didn't have
> certain programs needed for work.
> 
> --
> Dave M G
> 
> 

	
	
		
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