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cannot see my hard drive

Asked by troy896

I installed ubuntu 7.10 just fine. but i only have one partition and thats C:. i could see it in windows before ubuntu but now i cant see it. i have tried /host and it comes up with no such file. please help me.

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Michael Nagel (nailor) said : 		#1

do you know if and how you formatted your harddisk during install?

open a terminal and run the following command. paste the output here:

mount

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troy896 (troy896) said : 		#2

i think i have. i have used guided: install on one disk.
/dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)

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Jochen Schnelle (noisefloor) said : 		#3

Hi,

I do not fully get your poblem... Would you like to see the Windows drive under Ubuntu, too?

Regards
Jochen

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troy896 (troy896) said : 		#4

ok, i have installed ubuntu using a cd my friend gave me. i had widnows before but i formatted and installed ubuntu. after installation i went to see if my C: drive was there. it is not. or is it filesystem. because if it install world of warcraft and need to edit files then i cannot because it installs into C: which i cannot see. main thing: i need to see my C: drive because its my only one.

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Best Jochen Schnelle (noisefloor) said : 		#5

Hi,

ok, assuming I understand it right that you completely removed Windows and the only installation is Ubuntu, than there is no C: drive. Linux does not use letters to name its drives. Under Linux, the drives (or, to be more precise partitions) are named either by the name of the mount point or as an option a given label.

Nevertheless, you install seems to work, otherwise the output of mount posted above by you wouldn't be possible. Looking at the output you have indeed one single partition on your HD, the so-called Root-Partition. This you can access with any file manager (e.g. Nautilus).

In case this all sound new or strange to you, please refer to the Ubuntu Wiki:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount

In case you are not native English speaking, there may be a Local Community providing more info, too.

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troy896 (troy896) said : 		#6

ty i just found out :)

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troy896 (troy896) said : 		#7

Thanks Jochen Schnelle, that solved my question.