Linux Solutions

Can't Mount NTFS Drive

I want to mount the old XP (well, Vista) partition in my system. If I try: mount -t ntfs /dev/md0 /xp I get this error: mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs' The solution on LinuxQuestions.org is to install the ntfs-3g package.

This works fine, but the next problem is that the drive is actually a RAID device. The solution, found on Fedora Forums, is to mount the partition found in /dev/mapper/, eg, mine was /dev/mapper/nvidia_ajffijefp1 - use the one ending in p and a number. My line in /etc/fstab looks like this:
/dev/mapper/nvidia_ajffijefp1 /xp ntfs-3g defaults 0 0

I used the wrong partition for the Linux Boot Loader!

I have Windows Vista installed on the main (RAID SATA) drives. When I installed FC-6 on a spare 30GB IDE drive, I think it put its boot loader onto this IDE drive. Unfortunately the SATA drives have higher boot priority so Vista still loads straight away.

There are two solutions to this I guess:

• Change the boot sector on the SATA array so that it uses the FC-6 boot loader. Hopefully this won't nuke the Windows Vista boot.
• Edit the Windows Vista boot menu so that it includes the Linux partition. This should be foolproof, as long as I choose the correct drive name in Vista's boot file.

Actually, there's a third, much easier, solution. My BIOS (on a Gigabyte K8NF-9 motherboard) has the option in its setp to select which hard disk to boot from. I selected the IDE drive and the problem was solved!

Can't Mount SMB Drive

I want to mount the drive on our Windows 2000 PC, but the usual mount format (smbfs) doesn't work.

Apparently what you need to use instead is cifs, eg: mount -t cifs //windows_pc/sharename /mnt/otherpc