Mounting and Burning .iso, .mdf, .nrg(Nero) files and CD Images in Linux in 1-click
A while ago, I’d written a post on howto mount CD images, such as .iso, .mdf files etc via the command prompt using the mount command. In the post, among the comments, Sumeet had asked if there was a way to do all of this without having to type lengthy commands. Well yes there [...]
[How To] Mount FAT32/NTFS Partitions with read and write support in linux using command-line
Previously I’d posted on auto-mounting partitions at startup using pysdm. This post shows how you can do so by making use of mount command.
Below steps require root priviliges, so switch to root or prefix sudo to the commands.
For mounting NTFS drives with read and write support, open the terminal and type
mount -t ntfs -o [...]
[How-To] Display A List of All Partitions, Device Info and Filesystem Type In Linux
In my previous posts I’d written on how to mount your partitions using the mount command. In the post I’d mentioned that you’d have to mention the partition that you want to mount by specifying /dev/device_name as part of the command. The question that would come to your mind is, How do I know which [...]
[How-To]Mounting LVM partitions from a command prompt or a Root Shell
Today as I booted into my openSUSE box, for reasons unknown to me, my LVM partitions failed to mount. fsck didn’t help, and and LVM based container system meant that I couldn’t use the standard mount /dev/sdxx style of mounting as well. With my /home and / configured as a LVM, the root (/) partition [...]
5 Commands Every Linux Newbie Must Know
Although Linux had progressed far from being a command-line only OS to a full fledged totally GUI based one, sometimes, the command line is the best way to get something done. Here are 5 of the must-know commands. These commands can b quite useful and handy.
1: mount: Used for mounting Windows/Other partitions, just in [...]
