On 10 Sep 2002, Sreekumar Kodakara wrote: > Hi > I have partioned my hard disk and have made my system dual boot with Win > Xp in one partion and RH 7.3 in another. I would like to read XP partition > from linux. I tried adding an entry in /etc/fstab with hpfs as the > filesystem type and it didnt work. Is there a way to read the Win XP > partion. > Thanks for the help in advance. > Sreekumar > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > Sreekumar, I believe you're confusing hpfs with ntfs. ntfs is the default fs that XP uses and as far as i know the only other option is fat32. try changing your fstab entry to ntfs or try mounting the partition directly using 'mount -t ntfs <dev> <mountpt> and you should be in business. also, ntfs and linux don't always get along so you'll want to make sure the partition mounts in read-only mode. Peace out, Thomas Johnson john4293 at tc.umn.edu 763.458.9071 (cell)