mounting your Windows OS in VL

[icedtea]

hi. just wanted to ask, when we install VL (or any flavors i suppose) IF we have another OS like windows, our distro ask us IF we want to mount the other OS. . .

now in my case, i have reinstalled my windows.. (VL already existing) so of course the mounted windows (before) was already gone. my question is, Can i still mount my winOS to be able to access it when im using VL?

** i think using mount /dev/hda (windows HD) to /mnt/(location in VL) will occupy my VL's physical disk? **

/dev/hdc12 -- is the partition of VL -- I have 2 HD. hda for win and hdc for VL

[newt]

Yes, you can still mount your winos to access it using VL.

You actually mount the partition (hda#) rather than the drive (hda).  If your previous windows installation was located on hda1 and your re-installation of windows went to hda1 then you shouldn't need to adjust anything; the partition should be mounted.

You can view your partitioning table using 'fdisk -l /dev/hda' (changing the device to fit your needs).

Hope this helps, and answers your questions.

[wcs]

Perhaps using vasmCC > Filesystem > Mount partitions would do it.

[icedtea]

Code:

[root@vector~]# fdisk -l /dev/hda

Disk /dev/hda: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1        2550    20482843+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2            2551        4997    19655527+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5            2551        4997    19655496    7  HPFS/NTFS

i have managed to mount my windows partition D:

Code:

[root@vector~]# mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/winbak/
[root@vector~]# cd /mnt/winbak/
[root@vector/mnt/winbak]# ls
DOWNLOADS/  MSOCache/  System\ Volume\ Information/  gymFILES/  tidbits/
MMA/        RECYCLER/  Xcess/                        pix/       utilities/
[root@vector/mnt/winbak]# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdc12             14G  3.6G   11G  26% /
none                  506M     0  506M   0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda5              19G  2.2G   17G  12% /mnt/winbak

thanks