Sharing files between two Linux partitions

[Mostafa Z. Afgani]

Mostafa Z. Afgani wrote:
> Paul Smith wrote:
> 
>> Dear All
>>
>> I have two Linux partitions on my computer (but in different hard
>> disks) and I would like to transfer some files from my Mandriva
>> partition to my Fedora Core 4 partition. I have tried
>>
>> mount /dev/hdb1 /mandriva
>>
>> and I can access to the Mandriva partition, but my files in my home
>> directory (in Mandriva) do not show up. I guess this problem is
> 
> 
> Are they simply not there, or do you get an access denied error? If they 
>  are simply not there, then I suspect they were on a different partition 
> than the / partition.

Look at (as root)

#fdisk -l

for clues (Look for other Linux partitions on your /dev/hdb).