how to access local drive using a live cd

jeisma · n00b Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 3

hello!

how do you access local drive using a live cd?

thanks!

brik · n00b Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 1

man mount

Sven Vermeulen · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:20 am Post subject:

You'll find the basic information in the gentoo handbook.

Basically, each device has its own device file in /dev. IDE hard disks (except SATA ones) are called /dev/hd# with # being an alfabetic character starting from a (primary master) going to b (primary slave), c (secundary master), etc. SCSI disks and most SATA ones are called /dev/sd# with a similar naming convention.

Partitions on the disk are named after the disk with an additional number. For instance, /dev/hda1 is the first primary partition on the first disk.

But I'm reiterating what the handbook sais...
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jeisma · n00b Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 3

hi guys!

thank you for the tips.

now i can access my local ntfs drive. i want to move some files from thru the network. i tried ftp / telnet from the command line. but got command not found. how would i move files off my local drive then? (this is a vmware guest os running win2k3 which after running sp1 suddenly wont boot!).

thanks everyone!

Sven Vermeulen · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:49 pm Post subject:

You can't write to an NTFS.

To copy files from one disk to another:

Assume that the drivers are mounted at /mnt/part1 and /mnt/part2, then to copy files over is as simple as using the cp command:

nixnut · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:17 pm Post subject:

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