Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:12:17 -0700 (PDT) From: <backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com> To: cknipe@savage.za.org, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: rs@pswl.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re[2]: "Mounting a drive" Message-ID: <20060711151217.14707.qmail@web81606.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1152627737.44b3b419a029f@196.22.132.16>
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Keep in mind here without special device drivers (I've heard they exist but have never installed any of them) you will not be able to mount a "Linux" (linux uses several different file systems) partition under Windows XP. Disk Manager will allow an NTFS filesystem directory mount an arbritrary Volume (a file system windows supports, fat, fat32, ntfs, maybe hpfs) on your system to overcome the DOS (it is not a Windows limitation, Microsoft is still running a 16 bit world) limitation of 26 drives, 24 of which can be harddrives. Mounting isn't really a function of the filesystem (maybe in Linux it is???) but of the vnode system. It allows a device (any "specially" configured file) with a known structure to be referenced within the context of a root directory structure, superceding (non-destructively...) whatever was in the mounted directory prior to the mount. In other words it lets the partition (I'll keep the spcial files simple) be seen on a filesystem to people with the appropriate credentials, and by mounting say /foo with say the special file /dev/da0s1a anything in /foo will no longer be seen by the vnode system and instead anything on /dev/da0s1a will be displayed in it's place. It would seem that unless you are installing Linux on an Fat32 filesystem those partitions would be useless within windows. You wouldn't be able to even edit configuration files with Windows (the editors that come with windows) editors because they will add line feed (maybe it is carridge returns I always mess this one up) to the text and Linux won't like that. Any further help with Linux should be in another mailling list, but if you want to put FreeBSD on one of those memory sticks I'm sure we would try to help... Windows is just about useless, it doesn't even support the now 5 year old or so 64-bit processors... I highly doubt you will find anything but headaches doing what you seem to be attempting to do with Windows and GNUnix. good luck -brian --- cknipe@savage.za.org wrote: > Hmm > > Disk Manager - Change Mount Point - Mount Volume to > a Directory > > Unless I'm misunderstanding, that's what you're > looking for on the Windows > side.. > > -- > Chris > > > Quoting Jerry McAllister > <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>: > > > > > > > Many thanks for reply Jerry, when I joined > FreeBSD I had not realised > > > that it was a Linux/ Unix forum, on quick > inspection I assumed that > > > the title referred to some kind of general help > forum. There is such a > > > proliferation of abbreviated titles that I > am not always sure from > > > titles of their purpose. > > > > > > My question referred really to Windows XP, as > I am only just getting > > > to grips with Linux. > > > > First of all, it has nothing to do with LINUX. > > > > This is FreeBSD which follows the BSD family of > UNIX and > > is not nearly the same. In fact, most of us > experience it > > as superior to LUNIX for server work. > > Check it out at: http://www.freebsd.org/ > > > > As for any Microsloth stuff, I couldn't help, but > I would > > guess that you are wasting your time trying to do > anything > > of that sophistication in MS. > > > > Finally, when you post questions or responses on > the list, you should > > always include the list in your responses (as a > cc). > > > > ////jerry > > > > > > > I had read an article recently, which I can > no longer find, that to > > > get around the limitation, under windows XP, > of the number of named > > > partitions that one can use, that > apparently one can "mount" a > > > partition, be it a sector of a hard drive, > or a removeable drive, > > > within a directory. ( I believe the article > said directory, it might > > > have ben a folder ) The article was referring > to the ability then to > > > have a number of flash drives or external USB > connected drives which > > > could exceed the normal Windows limitation. > > > > > > I am running a piece of software, hyperOS, > which allows me to have > > > multiple bootable partitions, and currently I > have around 20 on a 300 > > > Gig hard drive, I wanted to add several USB > memory stick drives and > > > some partitions with different flavours of > linux, and so am interested > > > in finding out how I can overcome the windows > XP limitation. I felt > > > that also I needed to understand what the > term "mounting a drive" > > > actually meant, so that I could try to > anticipate any unusual > > > behaviour, particularly with boot switching. > From your email it > > > appears that "mounting" implies letting the > device driver know the > > > address of the device upon which it is to work. > > > > > > Best regards and thanks for reply, > > > Richard > > > > > > mailto:rs@pswl.com > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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