By: mr. c

mr. c — Thu, 06 May 2010 20:27:26 +0000

assuming you used / kept the default partition type (NTFS) during XP installation you will need NTFS Read/Write support to access the partition from a Linux installation.
a much simpler way to share files between XP and Linux is simply to use a USB stick or drive; openSUSE will mount it under /media/{drive name} and XP give it some drive letter. (the USB drive has to be in FAT32 not NTFS (!))

to figure out which is your XP partition

if you have a never PC with SATA disk
pc:/ # fdisk -l /dev/sd?

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2612 19457 135315494+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 1 2611 20972826 83 Linux

if you have an older PC with ATA disk
pc:/ # fdisk -l /dev/hd?

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 14 2611 20868435 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda3 2612 10011 59440500 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT FOLLOWS AS root

assuming your XP partition is /dev/sda1 above, the steps are
unmount the partition that openSUSE mounted read-only
pc:/ # umount /dev/sda1

if you haven’t created a mount-point already, do this (only needed the 1st time):
pc:/ # mkdir /mnt/c

mount the XP c: drive read / write with ntfs-3g
pc:/ # ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/c

once you are done copying files to your XP partition, it is advisable to unmount it right away. ntfs-3g is pretty stable, but if your PC crashes while it is mounted, the drive maybe left in a corrupt state. thus

pc:/ # umount /dev/sda1

By: Jerry T

Jerry T — Wed, 05 May 2010 05:35:12 +0000

go to my computer and it should show a filesystem corresponding to the size of your Windows partition. you may need administrative privileges to access it though

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