Quick access of files from Windows partition?

[qcspinner]

How can I quickly access files from my Windows partition. I used to have Mandrake, which had an nt directory already set up. Is there something similar for gentoo or do I actually have to learn how all this computer stuff works?

[quiconque]

You actually have to learn how all this "computer stuff" works.

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man mount
man fstab

Read those manpages carefully.

I could help you a lot more, if you actually told me on which partition you have windows and what kind of filesystem it uses.

[st589]

You just have to mount it and you can read any files from it like any other drive. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=29285 has a guide on how to do it.

[RedBeard0531]

How can I quickly access files from my Windows partition. I used to have Mandrake, which had an nt directory already set up. Is there something similar for gentoo or do I actually have to learn how all this computer stuff works?

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man mount
man fstab

mkdir /mnt/nt
mount /dev/your/windows/partion /mnt/nt
nano /etc/fstab

edit: I typed this a while ago, but i didnt click submit

[qcspinner]

This all sounds excellent: reading the manual, a brilliant idea. However, at the risk of revealing further my lack of knowledge of linux, I have a sub question, if you will.

How do I find out my uid?

Thanks

[RedBeard0531]

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#man passwd
#grep matt /etc/passwd
matt:x:1000:100::/home/matt:/bin/bash

replace matt with your username. The UID is the 3rd item(1000) the GID (group ID) is the fourth(100).

Why do you ask? you shouldnt need this info to mount a local vfat partition.

[Unne]

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id

[qcspinner]

I wanted my uid because I was trying to gain access to the mounted partition from my user and not just as root. Right now, I am having trouble.

I have:

/dev/hda2 /mnt/c NFTS unmask=222 0 0

I want the partition to be read/execute only. However, I can only gain access through root at the moment.

[qcspinner]

correction, i have "umask", not "unmask"

[Unne]

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/dev/hda1               /mnt/XP         ntfs            umask=0222      0 0

That's the line I have in fstab for my NTFS partition.

[qcspinner]

that still does not give me access. son of a gun

[RedBeard0531]

have you tried umask=777? alsomake it umask=777,user if you want to be able to mount it as a user.

[qcspinner]

i just tried that, and I can't mount it as a user. I can mount it as root, but I can't access it from user once I do that. What is the deal?

[Unne]

If you want to be able to mount it as a user, try user,umask=0222 instead of umask=0222. All umask does is set permissions for all the files on that partition (0222 = read/execute permissions for everyone, write permissions for no one, since NTFS-writing = dangerous). If you change fstab, you might have to log out / log back in for the changes to take effect, I'm not sure.

[RedBeard0531]

(0222 = read/execute permissions for everyone, write permissions for no one, since NTFS-writing = dangerous)

Unless you specificaly enabled ntfs write support in the kernel, it wont matter what your perms are! also adding ro to the list of options is a better method to prevent writing. remember root can do anything(sorta). ro also prevent low-level stuff from changing on drives ware writing is possable.

[qcspinner]

This is in my fstab:

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/dev/hda2               /mnt/c          NFTS            user,umask=0222 0 0    $

when I try to mount from my user:

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mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/c

it says: mount: only root can do that

[RedBeard0531]

This is in my fstab:

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/dev/hda2               /mnt/c          NFTS            user,umask=0222 0 0    $

when I try to mount from my user:

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mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/c

it says: mount: only root can do that

NTFS should be lowercase. Also, you are bypassing fstab by mounting like that. Specify either the mountpoint or the /dev file.

[qcspinner]

thanks so much folks, i'm in business. now I can play that bone crusher I've been dying to hear.