Mounting Windows partitions in Ubuntu linux

[digitizen]

hey guys please tell me how to install windows partitions in ubuntu 5.4 . i know abt editin that fstab . but please give me a easy solution. and also tell me how i can install KDE in ubuntu .

[Edited Batty]

 

[vignesh]

Edit the fstab,instead of defaults 0 0 type
umask=000 0 0.

 

[ujjwal]

If the installer did not auto detect your partitions, an easy way would be to type

mkdir /mnt/winc
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/winc

/dev/hda1 will generally be your C drive, to see which all partitions correspond to windows drives, type "fdisk -p".

However, in this way, the partitions will not be auto mounted every time you start up your OS ...

 

[Satissh S]

But Ujjwal we should add -t vfat or -t ntfs , isn't or is it optional.

 

[ujjwal]

It should auto detect the file system, if it can recognise it. But yes, if you know the filesystem of the partition, using the -t option in good.

 

[vignesh]

Ya the type should be specified in Ubuntu 5.4..

 

[planetcall]

Try to understand the following configuration of mine(Breezy). Its fairly simple. Just nano your fstab to something equivalent .

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda6 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1 vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb10 /media/hdb10 vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb11 /media/hdb11 ntfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb5 /media/hdb5 vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb6 /media/hdb6 ntfs auto,owner,exec,umask=000 0 0
/dev/hdb7 /media/hdb7 vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb8 /media/hdb8 ntfs auto,owner,exec,umask=000 0 0
/dev/hdb9 /media/hdb9 vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hda5 /opt ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda7 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

Two of the NTFS Drives are accessible by users I play mp3 files from those windows NTFS partitions.
AMAROK RULES.

 

[vignesh]

Ya amarok is really cool....I love it too.

 

[Satissh S]

But it's just the front end isn't??

 

[vignesh]

Yes a front end of Xine..

 

[sba]

Try to understand the following configuration of mine(Breezy).

Ever considered moving to reiserfs? You are seriously missing lots of performance by using ext3 instead of reiserfs.

Yes a front end of Xine..

Not just of Xine...
amaroK supports 7 backends and xine is just one of them. you should try amaroK with gstreamer instead of xine. you will get the best experience.

 

[desertwind]

For installing KDE in ubuntu.

1. Open Synaptic Package Manager
2. Click reload
3. Select KDE Desktop Environment from the list on Left Tab
4. Check kde-core on right. You can also select many packages you need like kde-multimedia, kde-network etc.,
5. Click Apply.
6. Enjoy!!!

 

[vignesh]

Ya Xine is one of the backends.I mainly use it with Gstreamer and the output as esd in Hoary.