Access to Linux (ext3) & Windows (FAT32) partitions (from Ubuntu 9.04)

Fred Roller froller at tnclimited.com
Mon Aug 10 05:48:18 UTC 2009


On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 09:54 +0530, Jay Mistry wrote:
> On a new install of Ubuntu 9.04 on a home desktop PC, how can one
> enable access to Windows XP (FAT32) and Fedora 10 (ext3) partitions
> from within Ubuntu (using GNOME 2.26 desktop) ?

for FAT32
sudo mount -t cifs /dev/[fat32 partition] /mnt/[some dir]

for ext3
sudo mount -t ext3 /dev/[ext3 partition] /mnt/[some dir]

This should mount the partition.  My assumptions are that you are
familiar with your way around the cli.  If you need these instructions
cleared up let me know.

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Fred R.
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