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#1 2010-10-25 10:22:56

whitetimer
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[ SOLVED ] Connecting to windows partition help

Hi All

I dual boot with Windows 7 & Arch ... I have some files on my windows partition that i need to be able to access and transfer between windows & Arch.  What is the best way to be able to do this with a GUI ?

Many Thanks

Last edited by whitetimer (2010-10-25 17:17:43)

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#2 2010-10-25 10:29:09

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Re: [ SOLVED ] Connecting to windows partition help

Not sure about GUI-ONLY, but you can mount those partitions (see:http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTFS-3G) and then view them through a filemanager.


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#3 2010-10-25 11:44:54

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Re: [ SOLVED ] Connecting to windows partition help

My personal opinion:

Install ntfs-3g
Permamount it somewhere using /etc/fstab
never worry about it again.

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2010-10-25 11:45:02)


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#4 2010-10-25 11:51:32

whitetimer
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Re: [ SOLVED ] Connecting to windows partition help

I have changed my /etc/fstab file to this

/dev/sda2 / ext4 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda5 /home ext4 defaults 0 1

/dev/sda1 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g defaults    0 0

But when i reboot, my windows partition does not mount.  If i do this


sudo ntfsmount /dev/sda1 /mnt

It mounts just fine.  But how do i set it so it will mount automatically on boot ?

Many thanks

Last edited by whitetimer (2010-10-25 12:14:34)

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#5 2010-10-25 12:42:19

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Re: [ SOLVED ] Connecting to windows partition help

Sorted ... I had not created the folder 'windows' in /mnt/

yikes)

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#6 2010-10-25 14:42:37

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Re: [ SOLVED ] Connecting to windows partition help

This is pretty much what I do but with one extra thing; symbolic link directories in your home directory to those on your Windows partition.

For example:

$ ln -s /mnt/Windows/Users/Tom/Videos/ Videos
$ ls -l Videos
lrwxrwxrwx 1 tom users 30 Oct 17 14:30 Videos -> /mnt/Windows/Users/Tom/Videos/

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#7 2010-10-25 16:02:00

whitetimer
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Re: [ SOLVED ] Connecting to windows partition help

Excellent BaconPie ... Thanks for the tip

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