Re: mount partition

[Ian Timshel <itschaotic yahoo ca>]

On June 27, 2003 07:56 pm, you wrote:
> I used to have a dual boot system, now i convert the windows partition to
> a linux native partition, and create another partition to re-mount my
> system(since i deleted windows partition i didnt have boot) now, i have a
> backup archive in /dev/hdb5, my system is in /dev/hdb8.
> how can i acces the data on /dev/hdb5 ?
> i try like root to navigate until , but dont show anything
> the partition have map
>
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Caroni.
I think is know what you are after.  But I'm only guessing so bear with me.

The dual boot is made by either using "grub" or "lilo"  The man pages with 
"man grub" or "man lilo" at a command line will get you the information. 
www.tldp.org has lots of information too and may have some translations 
that might be better suited to your needs.  

I don't know anything much usefull about grub but lilo is familiar.  lilo 
is configured in /etc/lilo.conf and then you execute /sbin/lilo to write 
the changes to the disk.  

Sometimes a recipe helps me so here is an example of my lilo.conf booting 
winduhs 98 and Redhat.  Hope it helps you some.
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[Ian weasles Ian]$ cat /etc/lilo.conf

prompt
timeout=50
default=linux_new
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
message=/boot/message
lba32

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-18.7
	label=linux_new
	append="hdb=ide-scsi"
        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-18.7.img
        read-only
        root=/dev/hda10

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7-10
	label=linuxoldest
	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.7-10.img
	read-only
	root=/dev/hda10

other=/dev/hda1
	optional
	label=billsbloat

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To access the information on /dev/hdb5 you will have to mount it.  Make a 
directory in maybe like this:  "mkdir /mnt/hdb5" or something like that 
then try "mount /dev/hdb5 /mnt/hdb5".  Depending on the permissions you may 
have to do these things as root but I'm not sure.  Try it first as a 
regular user.

I'm afraid anything more will need some clarification on your needs.. let 
us know what you need.. take your time.  Welcome to the world of single 
boot!   

Cheers!  Ian