From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1EsT4D-0002zt-00 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:49:45 -0500 Received: (qmail 23836 invoked by uid 1000); 30 Dec 2005 15:50:52 -0700 Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:50:52 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20051230225052.GB23809@localhost.localdomain> References: <7.0.0.16.0.20051230121102.03559ca8@freedomchat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Subject: Re: NTFS and Fat32 partitions was: RE: A question. X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 22:49:46 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 There is captive-ntfs , which can read/write ntfs using native windows drivers. Greg On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 09:55:41PM -0000, Darragh wrote: > Most 2.6 kernels from what I gather will mount NTFS. SuSE mounts it > automagicly to /windows/C. > > To mount a fat32 partition from what I remember you should be able to use a > command such as the following: > Mount -vfat /dev/hda2 /mnt/fat > Where hda2 is the partion and fat is a directory you've created in /mnt. > > -vfat may just be vfat without the -. Again, I'm use to SuSE so using > Mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/fat will do the trick because it will detect the > partition type its self. > > I think its SubFS that takes care of this. > > To make this change permanent ad an entry to /etc/fstab for your fat > partition. Same with your NTFS partition when you get it up and running. > > There are some kernels with NTFS included but this may need to be activated. > > To do this you will need your kernel sources installed. These are usually > installed in /usr/src/linux or /usr/src/*your kernel version* > > > I won't go any further as I could write instructions for doing this for a > long time but I'm not sure if they'd be of any use to you yet. > > Enjoy, and if you have any more questions feel free to write to me. > > Darragh > - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDtbnM7s9z/XlyUyARAu8aAKCg/MbQbQ1KrvSeGI4pWCCgAkOmEACZAaSu AApUTXfGaePgD5t93R9ZSHk= =biIk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----