Access to Linux (ext3) & Windows (FAT32) partitions (from Ubuntu 9.04)
NoOp
glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Mon Aug 10 16:34:10 UTC 2009
On 08/09/2009 09:24 PM, 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
>
You'll want to bookmark this:
https://help.ubuntu.com/
For mounting your drives & partitions on boot, search for 'fstab'.
All searches are done with a google engine, so search criteria is the
same as regular google.
The links that will be most helpful/useful, in this case, are:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingUUID
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountDevicesTroubleshooting
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