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Well there are two possibilities here. Windows will use either a fat32 filesystem (called vfat on linux) or ntfs. Open a terminal and try:
$ mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt
If that doesn't work try
$ mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt
That's assuming you have just one c: drive. If you have more complex partitioning, use fdisk to scan it:
$ fdisk -l /dev/hda
Post the output here.
Assuming you have it mounted at /mnt, you can look at your windows filesystem
$ ls /mnt
Now you need a place to unload the files you want. I don't know what you planned for this? Transfer them to another computer over the network? You can't burn them on cd right here and now because you have the livecd in the drive and you can't take it out as long as it's running.
$ mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt
If that doesn't work try
$ mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt
That's assuming you have just one c: drive. If you have more complex partitioning, use fdisk to scan it:
$ fdisk -l /dev/hda
Post the output here.
Assuming you have it mounted at /mnt, you can look at your windows filesystem
$ ls /mnt
Now you need a place to unload the files you want. I don't know what you planned for this? Transfer them to another computer over the network? You can't burn them on cd right here and now because you have the livecd in the drive and you can't take it out as long as it's running.
Maybe it's because you're on an unpriviliged account. Try this:
$ passwd root
to set the password for root user
$ su -
to become the root user
Now, if you want to transfer the files, start the ssh daemon:
# /etc/init.d/sshd start
(or just 'ssh' if that doesn't work)
On the other machine, download WinSCP. Log into the ubuntu machine with the root user and navigate to /mnt. Now you can transfer the files onto the other machine.
$ passwd root
to set the password for root user
$ su -
to become the root user
Now, if you want to transfer the files, start the ssh daemon:
# /etc/init.d/sshd start
(or just 'ssh' if that doesn't work)
On the other machine, download WinSCP. Log into the ubuntu machine with the root user and navigate to /mnt. Now you can transfer the files onto the other machine.
Yeah, that's a thorn in the side no less. This is still a big problem in the linux world, if you don't have a farily modern OS (<1-2 years old), you are likely to get problems when you try to install software. Gentoo handles this the best imo but it's not completely problem free there either.
In that sense, the Windows world is better because applications always bundle libraries instead of relying on them being present. :undecide:
In that sense, the Windows world is better because applications always bundle libraries instead of relying on them being present. :undecide:
Well no. You see rpm's are special packages which declare any dependencies. You can still install them ignoring dependencies (I don't remember how) but in most cases the application will then not work.
The easiest solution (I'm sorry to say) is to use a modern distro if you want to install stuff that's not bundled with it. I've always wondered myself why it has to be so hard to install software on linux. This is why I don't like rpm-based distros (RedHat, Fedora, Mandriva etc) and consider Debian-derivates superior (Debian, Ubuntu, Mepis etc), but not as good as Gentoo.
The easiest solution (I'm sorry to say) is to use a modern distro if you want to install stuff that's not bundled with it. I've always wondered myself why it has to be so hard to install software on linux. This is why I don't like rpm-based distros (RedHat, Fedora, Mandriva etc) and consider Debian-derivates superior (Debian, Ubuntu, Mepis etc), but not as good as Gentoo.
++ [ originally posted by Martin ] ++
Well no. You see rpm's are special packages which declare any dependencies. You can still install them ignoring dependencies (I don't remember how) but in most cases the application will then not work.
The easiest solution (I'm sorry to say) is to use a modern distro if you want to install stuff that's not bundled with it. I've always wondered myself why it has to be so hard to install software on linux. This is why I don't like rpm-based distros (RedHat, Fedora, Mandriva etc) and consider Debian-derivates superior (Debian, Ubuntu, Mepis etc), but not as good as Gentoo.
Well no. You see rpm's are special packages which declare any dependencies. You can still install them ignoring dependencies (I don't remember how) but in most cases the application will then not work.
The easiest solution (I'm sorry to say) is to use a modern distro if you want to install stuff that's not bundled with it. I've always wondered myself why it has to be so hard to install software on linux. This is why I don't like rpm-based distros (RedHat, Fedora, Mandriva etc) and consider Debian-derivates superior (Debian, Ubuntu, Mepis etc), but not as good as Gentoo.
i.e. Can a person like me use it
?