find files ... doesn't find files

**maxpower** · 07-13-2005, 09:45 PM

Hi,
I am searching on a Windows hard drive while running knoppix ..
The Linux find files utility does not find files ...for example .. if I search for inbox* ...while choosing to search down through the folders .. I know its there ... I can navigate to it .. but the find utility does not find it ... maybe there is some trick someone can advise me of .....

actually I remember this apparent flaw from years ago when I dabbled with Red Hat Linux ...

please advise
cheers
max

**UnderScore** · 07-13-2005, 09:54 PM

So assuming that /mnt/hda1 is your C: drive, what is the result of:
find /mnt/hda1 -iname 'inbox*'

**maxpower** · 07-13-2005, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by UnderScore

So assuming that /mnt/hda1 is your C: drive, what is the result of:
find /mnt/hda1 -iname 'inbox*'

find /mnt/hda1: no such file or directory

**UnderScore** · 07-13-2005, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by maxpower

Originally Posted by UnderScore

So assuming that /mnt/hda1 is your C: drive, what is the result of:
find /mnt/hda1 -iname 'inbox*'

find /mnt/hda1: no such file or directory

I get I assumed too much.

Is your windows partition mounted? Knoppix will not automatically mount the other partitions as a security feature. If so then point your find command at it's mount point.

Example on my test machine;
hda1 C: drive NTFS Windows XP
hda2 Debian Linux ext3fs
hda3 swap

I boot off the Knoppix CD, then in a command line konsole window, I become root user:

Code:

su -

Then I mount the hda1 C: drive:

Code:

sudo mount -t ntfs -o ro,users /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1

Then I run my find command (example: I am looking for DLL files.):

Code:

find /mnt/hda1 -iname '*.dll'

This is all if you _want_ to run commands. In Knoppix, when you boot up, it usually creates icons on the desktop for the other HD partitions. By clicking & running the icons, the partitions will be automatically mounted as read-only and you will be able to use the GUI file manager to locate files and/or still run the find commands.
I hope this helps.
James

**maxpower** · 07-13-2005, 10:37 PM

Yes it is mounted .. hda1 automatically mounts when I click the icon on the desktop
Before I tried your console command ... I was using the find utility invoked from tools menu in the window view ... the result was the same ... no file found ..actually there is no such message in the window

I did not try as root.. only Knoppix user .... should I try this? .. the other thing I can try is making the drive writeable .. although this is not really logical

can you find your inbox on your windows drive??