Other Help Topics :: Hardrive access



if you are "running the dsl version that you run from within Windoze", you emulate a pc in windows which runs dsl. all hardware is emulated. there is no "real" harddisk or cdromdrive, the /mnt/hda you look at is a file thats simulates a hardisk.
you can NOT look at your windows harddisk.

however...
if you setup your windows as a server ( share your hadrdisk) and uses SMBclient from the dsl-fluxbox menu you can access your windows shares.

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Am I doing something wrong or am I misunderstanding what you are telling me?

Ignore everything I said.  I overlooked the fact that you're running DSL embedded.
Listen to the other guys instead.

Actually, you both have been a great help!  A little history might help....  I have decided to make the change to Linux, it's ridiculous that I haven't.  I'm pretty good with puters.  

What I am doing, though, is plaing with several CD versions and  the dsl within Windows.  There are several reasons for doing this.  The obvious being that I want to learn to get around, both in the gui and via terminal.  And to determine what harware problems I may have at installation time.

So you both have helped as I now know how to mount drives from the CD version of Ubuntu that I have and I will get to learn a little about networking here shortly when figuring out how to get to my shared resources; I did share my floppy and backup drive, so as to learn how to do this.

So thank you to both of you...

Crazy


original here.