Yizhar
06-09-2006, 01:56 PM
Hi all,
I'm using Knoppix through VMware, hosted by Windows XP (like a CD which copied into the Hard Disk).
Knoppix seems to work fine, but I can't access my Windows logical Hard Drives. Although it may sounds like a frquent asked question to you, it isn't:
I had 11 GB hard disk in my laptop, all previously been NTFS one logical C drive dedicated to XP. I'd resized this partition to left 1GB for Knoppix, formatted it to FAT32, willing to use it as a SWAP memory (I have only 128MB RAM) and as a shared directory with Windows in order to transfer files between XP to Knoppix.
Althoug the first goal has been accomplished (Knoppix had created a swap file in my spare 1GB FAT32 partition), the second goal is frustrating me over three days (which I used to search this forum mostly..):
It seems that windows XP can delete and create partitions in the same 1GB withought affecting Knoppix file system in the same location - and Knoppix can create and destroy partitions over the same 1GB without affecting the XP filesystem there!
When I create a directory in Knoppix and in XP in the same 1GB location, they won't reflect in the other OS, and when I destroy partitions in one OS - it doesn't destroy anything in the other OS!
Can someone explain it to me please? all I want is Knoppix to see the same WinXP partitions in the 1GB, and it doesn't recognize them (/proc/partitions) but can create there partitions independently.
Best Regards,
- Yizhar.
I'm using Knoppix through VMware, hosted by Windows XP (like a CD which copied into the Hard Disk).
Knoppix seems to work fine, but I can't access my Windows logical Hard Drives. Although it may sounds like a frquent asked question to you, it isn't:
I had 11 GB hard disk in my laptop, all previously been NTFS one logical C drive dedicated to XP. I'd resized this partition to left 1GB for Knoppix, formatted it to FAT32, willing to use it as a SWAP memory (I have only 128MB RAM) and as a shared directory with Windows in order to transfer files between XP to Knoppix.
Althoug the first goal has been accomplished (Knoppix had created a swap file in my spare 1GB FAT32 partition), the second goal is frustrating me over three days (which I used to search this forum mostly..):
It seems that windows XP can delete and create partitions in the same 1GB withought affecting Knoppix file system in the same location - and Knoppix can create and destroy partitions over the same 1GB without affecting the XP filesystem there!
When I create a directory in Knoppix and in XP in the same 1GB location, they won't reflect in the other OS, and when I destroy partitions in one OS - it doesn't destroy anything in the other OS!
Can someone explain it to me please? all I want is Knoppix to see the same WinXP partitions in the 1GB, and it doesn't recognize them (/proc/partitions) but can create there partitions independently.
Best Regards,
- Yizhar.