data in partition, not shown in windows, y?

L

Hi ppl,

i have windows xp and fedora core 5 installed. Since NTFS writing is not yet supported/harmful, i created a FAT32 partition to enable me transfer between the stuffs i dl in linux and windows. But now, i dl somethin in linux and copied it to the FAT32 partition. but in windows, i cudnt see the data. ihave given all permissions to the file in linux. but still i am not able to see it. will those files be visible only in linux? y is that?

thks,
legolas.

M

Nope this can't be so. files written on FAT partition can be viewed in both linux and windows. There's no use of permissions in FAT partition as FAT doesn't store permissions. So, you should see the files in windows too.
Do you see the partition? Are you sure you made a partition only?

Also, post output of

Code:

fdisk -l

L

Code:

Disk /dev/hdc: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdc1               2       19457   156280320    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdc5               2        5312    42660576    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hdc6            5313        9249    31623921    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hdc7            9250       10269     8193118+   b  W95 FAT32
/dev/hdc8   *       10270       10282      104391   83  Linux
/dev/hdc9           10283       12207    15462531   8e  Linux LVM
/dev/hdc10          12208       19457    58235593+   7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/hdd: 40.0 GB, 40060403712 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4870 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdd1   *           1        4870    39118243+   7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       19457   156288321    7  HPFS/NTFS

this is the o/p

thks,
legolas.

M

Oh well I can see two FAT partitions. Does windows detect those partitions or no? Also, check in windows disk management if the partitions are properly detected.

Err.. if you can see it on Linux, go to Windows now, Tools > Folder Options > View tab > Deselect Hidden File and System File show option. Now see if you can view the files

If its just hidden, remove that arrtibute via the Properties of the file. If its system file type hiding, run ATTRIB function on the file with a -s parameter.

L

there is only 1 fat partition. and qwerty maniac, i tried what u said. dint work!

thks,
legolas.

Go to Start --> Run and there type "compmgmt.msc". Then press Enter. In the next window that opens, expand "Storage" tree and then click on "Disk Management". You should get a window similar to the linked image
*www.mcmcse.com/microsoft/guides/images/compmgmt2.gif
You take a screenshot of your window and attach it here.

L

here.

*img102.imageshack.us/img102/9997/untitled2sx3.th.jpg

/legolas.

Code:

Disk /dev/hdc: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdc1               [b]2       19457[/b]   156280320    f  [b]W95 Ext'd (LBA)[/b]
/dev/hdc5               2        5312    42660576    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hdc6            5313        9249    31623921    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hdc7            9250       10269     8193118+   b  W95 FAT32
/dev/hdc8   *       10270       10282      104391   83  Linux
/dev/hdc9           10283       12207    15462531   8e  Linux LVM
/dev/hdc10          12208       [b]19457[/b]    58235593+   7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/hdd: 40.0 GB, 40060403712 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4870 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdd1   *           1        4870    39118243+   7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       19457   156288321    7  HPFS/NTFS

there is something i noticed.. in ur hdc there is no primary partition and only a LBA extended(same shown by ur screenshot). afaik these is something wrong with this partition table

i also think same

Ok u see that I can see 360 GB of disk space out there :shock:

L

yes, i havnt configured a primary. is that got to do anything with the data in the FAT32? coz my windows and linux jus work fine except for this.

Windows seem to be seeing a FAT32 partition with letter M but it is completely empty! Are you sure that you copied the data from your Linux install to this partition correctly? Did you actually mount the FAT32 partition in your linux install before copying the files?

Can you give us the output of the commands "cat /etc/fstab" and "cat /etc/mtab" (without quotes) from your linux installation?

hey man isnt it necessary to have a primery partition? ur HDC has no primary partition... may be due to that...

do one thing(usinf linux).. copy all the stuff from the fat32 folder to another partition. format it and copy data back. my be there is something wrong with the formatting of the partition.

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also why dont u experiment by installing xp on one of ur other partitions and see if this problem is not of ur XP OS.

L

yeah. i ll o/p the commands eddie has askedfor and also try out the formatting thing roller coaster has suggested. sorry cant install xp again n all. jus not installed xp and after that installed FC5.

/legolas

o/p of /etc/fstab

Code:

/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap                   swap    defaults        0 0
/dev/hdd1               /mnt/windows            ntfs    ro,defaults,umask=0222 0  0
/dev/sda1               /mnt/external           ntfs    ro,defaults,umask=0222 0  0
/dev/hdc5               /mnt/xvids              ntfs    ro,defaults,umask=0222 0  0
/dev/hdc6               /mnt/softwares          ntfs    ro,defaults,umask=0222 0  0
/dev/hdc10              /mnt/bitme              ntfs    ro,defaults,umask=0222 0  0
/dev/hdc7               /mnt/linuxpart          vfat   rw,deafults,umask=0222 0

o/p of /etc/mtab

Code:

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 / ext3 rw 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/hdc8 /boot ext3 rw 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
/dev/hdd1 /mnt/windows ntfs ro,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/external ntfs ro,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/hdc5 /mnt/xvids ntfs ro,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/hdc6 /mnt/softwares ntfs ro,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/hdc10 /mnt/bitme ntfs ro,umask=0222 0 0
none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0
sunrpc /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw 0 0
automount(pid1952) /net autofs rw,fd=4,pgrp=1952,minproto=2,maxproto=4 0 0

/legolas

guys,

thk you very much. i managed to solve the issue. it was actually very blunt mistake on my part. i checked online and changed the umask = 0222 to umask = 0000 in the vfat related partition and also added another 0 in the extreme right. and it worked. thks a lot guys!!!

/legolas