can't see my partitions

[bwise]

hi ,

i am using BT on vmware workstation. i thought that normally BT would automount all my partitions which is not the case. i type mount and i don't see any of my other partitions mounted.

any help will be appreciated


p.s: i tried to look through search or tutorials for a similar problem but couldn't find any , guess it must be really simple...

[imported_spankdidly]

What partitions are you looking for? partitions you made with backtrack?

[bwise]

no my windows and ubuntu partition

[drgr33n]

Post what you see lol also run fdisk on the hdd and post what partitions you find there.

[bwise]

when i type mount i see:

tmpfs on / type tmpfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,devgid=10,devmode=0666)

fdisk :
i should write fdisk nameofthedevice but i don't know the name of the device .
under /dev i see gpmctl = hda ,hda1,hda2,hdc .

and which command do i use to see what devices i have on bash ?

thanks again

p.s: is it actually possible to mount my partitions using vmware+BT ?

[imported_spankdidly]

I'm confused, are you tri-booting in Vmware?

[bwise]

no . i am talking about partitions i have outside vmware..i am using vmware only for BT

note : i am newbie using linux/vmware.

[imported_spankdidly]

Vmware is a completely SEPERATE machine. It's an Entity all by itself. No, it will not see any other partitions outside of the vmware box. It's like having another PC. It just happens to be accessible through your machine.

[SLK001]

note : i am newbie using linux/vmware.

This may qualify for the annual "Understatement of the Year" award. I will submit your post into the hopper for the award.

As spankdidly has said, your partitions on your host machine do not exist in your virtual machine environment. Therefore, there is nothing to mount.

Maybe you should learn to walk before you try to run.

[imported_spankdidly]

This may qualify for the annual "Understatement of the Year" award. I will submit your post into the hopper for the award.

As spankdidly has said, your partitions on your host machine do not exist in your virtual machine environment. Therefore, there is nothing to mount.

Maybe you should learn to walk before you try to run.

He's got to learn somewhere though right, as we all did. SLK001, you can be kinda mean sometimes. Lighten up! It's just a forum! add some smileyfaces or something sheesh. He's a nubcake, a n00b, we can see that. Offer him some guides to read or something.