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

[Karl F. Larsen]

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) ?
> 
> The Linux installs (Fedora 10 and Ubuntu 9.04, both i386) are on a
> separate HD than Windows, and I boot into them from the NT bootloader.
> 
> I was able to access (mount) the NTFS partitions of Windows XP after
> installing ntfs-3g and ntfs-config.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jay Mistry
> 
	The way to have them on your Ubuntu is to let /etc/fstab mount them to
places you make for them. I would make a directory /windows/ and
/fedora/ and then in fstab write the two lines that mount them there.

	Fstab will look like mine:

# /dev/sda5       /home       ext3     defaults        1   2
UUID=40cb6175-3c6e-4a7f-ae57-083cccbbba63 /home  ext3 defaults 1  2

karl


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