music files

benzimm86 · 09-04-2005, 02:35 PM

i currently have windows installed on one hard drive and linux on another drive. The music files that i want to access are on the same drive windows is installed on. Is there a way for me to access these files while in linux

macdude425 · 09-04-2005, 02:39 PM

You should be able to. Just make sure the drive is mounted correctly and whatnot. You may have some trouble if it is NTFS though.

benzimm86 · 09-04-2005, 02:43 PM

It is ntfs. what file system does it have to be for it to work. i can not see the drive at all

Qiranworms · 09-04-2005, 04:15 PM

NTFS is readable if you set it up (search Google for a howto), but not writable...at least, not safely writable at this time.

FAT32 is better for that sort of purpose.

horndude · 09-04-2005, 04:45 PM

make a dirrectory in your home directory on the linux box and as root do this:

mount -t ntfs /dev/hdXY temp/
then cd temp/;ls--------poof there are your files

XY=the windows drive like /dev/hda1 would be first IDE drive first partition, with ntfs and windows it will likely be /dev/hda2

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