Accessing Windows files

The best way of accessing files saved using windows is to mount an MS DOS partition or CDROM under Linux. This will allow users to access the files directly through the file system. For example, if a CDROM containing windows files is at the device pointed to by the driver at /dev/cdrom, the following command will allow access to the files in the device through the filesystem directory /mnt/cdrom:

    #mount -t vfat /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

A Windows partition of the hard drive may also be mounted for access under Linux. The following command will mount a windows drive whose partition is at /dev/hda1:

    #mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

A windows partition may be automatically mounted at boot time by including an entry for it in /etc/fstab:

    /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat defaults