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tux900
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 Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:57 pm Post subject: 2007 install - mount points |
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I have Windows installed and I'm trying to install Gentoo 2007 from livecd gtk.
My question is do i have to manually define the Windows mount points along with the Linux mount points or will the installation automatically find the Windows partitions and include them when Grub boots up?
I know what fstab should look like for the linux part of my system:
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/dev/hda6 /boot ext2 defaults,noatime
/dev/hda7 none swap sw
/dev/hda8 / ext3 noatime
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jseymour
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You will have to manually add the windows partitions and make sure your kernel is built with support for your windows file system (fat or ntfs).
A line from my fstab (may be a better way  )
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tux900
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:30 am Post subject: |
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Could somebody please help me define the Windows mount points?
It looks like /dev/hda2 will me the main Windows mount moint?
This is how my hd is mapped:
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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 654 5253223+ 12 Compaq diagnostics
/dev/hda2 * 655 2613 15735667+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda3 2614 14593 96229350 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 2614 7713 40965718+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda6 7714 7725 96358+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 7726 7916 1534176 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda8 7917 14593 53632971 83 Linux
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djdunn
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:21 am Post subject: |
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you have to make sure you have vfat and ntfs in the kernel
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/dev/hda2 /win1 ntfs noauto,rw,user 0 0
/dev/hda1 /win2 ntfs noauto,rw,user 0 0
/dev/hda3 /win3 fat32 noauto,rw,user 0 0
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kernelOfTruth
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| tux900 wrote: | Could somebody please help me define the Windows mount points?
It looks like /dev/hda2 will me the main Windows mount moint?
This is how my hd is mapped:
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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 654 5253223+ 12 Compaq diagnostics
/dev/hda2 * 655 2613 15735667+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda3 2614 14593 96229350 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 2614 7713 40965718+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda6 7714 7725 96358+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 7726 7916 1534176 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda8 7917 14593 53632971 83 Linux
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define the folders at will e.g.
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/dev/hda2 /media/ntfs1 ntfs noauto,ro,user 0 0
/dev/hda5 /media/ntfs2 ntfs noauto,ro,user 0 0 |
don't ever use the kernel built-in write-support for ntfs 
use ntfs3g instead 
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cwr
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How you set up mount points is to some extent a matter of taste. I keep /mnt free
for mounting temporary attachments, and have a set of points under /media; in
my case, /media/dos, /media/server, /media/win, /media/dvd
Each of the /media entries has the appropriate filesystem type in /etc/fstab; for
example, /media/dos has
/dev/hda3 /media/dos vfat etc...
so that a simple "mount /media/dos" will mount the FAT partition. In your case,
I suppose I'd use /media/win, /media/win2, /media/win3 with the appropriate
file systems in /etc/fstab.
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tux900
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I'm slightly confused by the different responses.
I noticed kernelOfTruth and djdunn used different schemes for the mount points.
I also understand that i should never use rw for ntfs as an option?
I know i have to include /dev/hda2 and probably /dev/hda5 as the main mount points but i'm just not certain about /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda3. (keep in mind i have a C: and D: drive)
Also will the noauto option prevent Windows as an option when grub boots?
i know, a lot of questions. |
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kernelOfTruth
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| tux900 wrote: | I'm slightly confused by the different responses.
I noticed kernelOfTruth and djdunn used different schemes for the mount points.
I also understand that i should never use rw for ntfs as an option?
I know i have to include /dev/hda2 and probably /dev/hda5 as the main mount points but i'm just not certain about /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda3. (keep in mind i have a C: and D: drive)
Also will the noauto option prevent Windows as an option when grub boots?
i know, a lot of questions. |
hm, let's see:
| Quote: | /dev/hda1 1 654 5253223+ 12 Compaq diagnostics
/dev/hda2 * 655 2613 15735667+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda3 2614 14593 96229350 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) |
/dev/hda1 seems to be a partition, where your windows xp / vista recovery system resides in, you can't do anything with out, except formatting & then using  , just leave it out of fstab
/dev/hda3 is just an extended partition (there are altogether 4 primary partitions allowed including the extended, the partitions after hda3 are in the big "container" hda3 (extended partition)), if you need more info on extended and primary partitions ask google / utfg 
| Quote: | | I noticed kernelOfTruth and djdunn used different schemes for the mount points. |
it's up to you were to arrange them, I'd keep them in a common folder, to know that they're windows / ntfs-partitions ...
if you need write access to ntfs partitions install ntfs3g & udev should mount them automatically to some mount-points (don't set them up in /etc/fstab) ...
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tux900
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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thanks!
I'll mount /dev/hda2 and /dev/hda5.
Just one more question: If i use the noauto option will it prevent Grub from showing Windows as a boot option? In which case i would have to use auto? |
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Drysh
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:03 am Post subject: |
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| Grub uses menu.lst to show the boot options, not fstab. You don't even have them in fstab to be able to boot in windows. The only difference with auto and noauto is that in the first case the partitions will be mounted when you boot, and in the second case you will have to type mount /your/mount/directory to be able to use them. I usualy mount windows with ro and auto. |
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tux900
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:41 am Post subject: |
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UGHHH!  
This is my second failed install now and i don't *think* it's my fault...
FATAL ERROR: could not load /lib/modules/2.6.19-gentoo-r5/modules read-only something... that was right after i tried to set up my options for the network.
at least this time i didn't have to spend hours saving my partitions...
I'm trying fedora core... |
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