On 8/28/05, Stuart Sears <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>I have two Linux partitions on my computer (but in different hard > >>>disks) and I would like to transfer some files from my Mandriva > >>>partition to my Fedora Core 4 partition. I have tried > >>> > >>>mount /dev/hdb1 /mandriva > >>> > >>>and I can access to the Mandriva partition, but my files in my home > >>>directory (in Mandriva) do not show up. I guess this problem is > >> > >>Are they simply not there, or do you get an access denied error? If they > >> are simply not there, then I suspect they were on a different > >>partition than the / partition. > > > > The files are there - I am absolutely sure -, but > > > > /mandriva/home > > > > appears empty on Fedora. > > > This sounds like a classic example of an unmounted filesystem. > mount your /mandriva partition as you described. > now: > grep home /mandriva/etc/fstab > and tell us what you see Thanks, Stuart. The result is: $ grep home /mandriva/etc/fstab /dev/hdb6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 $ Paul
