Mounting an NTFS or FAT Windows Hard drive Partition from Terminal in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty
Click on Applications > Accessorries > terminal Type sudo mkdir -p /media/c sudo fdisk -l sudo mount -t ntfs -o nls=utf8,umask=0222 /dev/sda1 (or whatever pation you want to mount)/media/c My terminal screen: ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkdir -p /media/c ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xc0aaf97d Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 38095 305998056 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 38096 38913 6570585 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/sdf: 4009 MB, 4009754624 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 487 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0009bf08 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdf1 * 1 488 3911744 6 FAT16 Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(486, 254, 63) logical=(487, 125, 22) ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount -t ntfs -o nls=utf8,umask=0222 /dev/sda1 /media/c To unmount NTFS partition type sudo umount /media/c Command lines for mounting Windows FAT Partition sudo mkdir -p /media/d sudo fdisk -l sudo mount -t vfat -o iocharset=utf8,umask=000 /dev/hda1 /media/d Unmount fat partition Commands sudo umount /media/d Source:: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/mounting-windows-partition-onto-ubuntu-linux/

