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Hello, I'm new here.
I'm fairly new to Linux and I have a little problem,
I need to access my windows files from my live iso (auditor-200605-02-ipw2100.iso) used in VMware, it works when I boot from the CD but when I use it in VMware it will not mount hda1. Would editing the .vmx file do anything?
I will be thankful for any help
Is this VMware server or ESX?
Within the VMware remote console for the VM itself, edit the settings so that the CDrom points to the absolute location of the ISO. Then check the "Connected" box. Then in the VM mount the ISO as if it was a cdrom (mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom)
Moving to General Computer discussions.
Any hda1 you see in VMWare is not your reall hard drive. VMWare makes a "Virtual" machine, the hard drive in VMWare is not your real physical drive.
So there isn't a way to explore my Windows directory in VMware?Quote:
Originally Posted by Irongeek
Would MsMittens way work at all?
Thanks for the help.
8105: mount the windows share in as a smb share. Not a recommended method but possible for just a one-off situation.
Ok. Let me explain what i'm trying to do.
I've installed VMware on a 1gig USB stick along with the auditor iso. Then I will boot into Windows with a limited account, then start up VMware to grab some files from Windows.
Would this be possible?
You mean VMware Player?
So you're loading the VM from Player while having limited-access to the Windows machine and want it to take files (likely admin only?) from Windows, probably through a SAMBA share (this mounts Windows shares)?
When you boot from the CD Auditor is mounting the Windows share as another drive. When you load the USB VMware Player, you need to have the Windows drive shared with appropriate permissions. This link might help: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html
Yes the player, sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by MsMittens
That's what I would like to do but it won't be possible to share a drive while on a limited account with limited privileges would it?Quote:
Originally Posted by MsMittens
Only if it's given permission/access to those areas.
Let's say i'm not the Administrator, I can't set the permissions for the limited account, I need to copy files from %systemroot%\system32\config while i'm logged on as a limited user and Auditor is booted up in VMware player from my USB stick. I've been reading about SMB and I dont think it will do the job, in my opinion.
But there would be no other way to copy files. The restriction is the limited user account. Unless you booted with the VMplayer/ISO such that the Linux system mounts the partition. You could try the mount option: http://www.linuxforum.com/linux_tutorials/1/1.php
Might work but not sure.
Ok, before I try that, i'll show you what I tried yesterday:
http://www.freewebs.com/mutimediastorage/snapshot2.png
Knowing that these commands didn't work, would the ones you just linked to work?
Please keep in mind that i'm new to Linux.
Type fdisk -l to see what Auditor picks up. VMware tends to put harddrives as SCSI, not IDE (/dev/hda tends to be IDE). Alternatively, try mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/win instead.
The directorys were made succesfully but when I try mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/win it returns "mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device". (same as before).
What directories? What was the output of fdisk -l?
Opps sorry, you didn't say to but I had to mkdir mnt/win didn't I?Quote:
What directories?
and the output of fdisk -l returned nothing (blank).
Can you post the output of dmesg or look in /var/message to see if it identifies the drives there? Usually it'll pick them up in a boot process. I suspect, however, that unless C$ is actively shared, it'll be unlikely that you'll be able to access this drive because Windows "owns" it (so to speak).
http://www.freewebs.com/mutimediastorage/dmesg
Yes, C$ is shared, by default.
and there is no "message" in /var.
So if it's shared by default why not use the SAMBA mount (smbmount) to mount the C$ using the IP address of the host system?
Sorry, I was looking at the shares with Admin privs, the limited account won't let me see the shares via the "net share" command (access denied). so......
And my other system is down at the moment so I can't find out if the limited accounts C$ drive is shared with the \\192.168.*.*\c$ command :(
So ultimately the answer is no. When you boot with the ISO, the OS "owns" the disks and is able to mount. If you attempt to access with a limited account, you only see what that user sees.
This was all just for not booting from the actual live CD just in case their was ever a BIOS password, you pretty much knew what I wanted to do when I mentioned the %systemroot%\system32\config path. But I suppose this will be an unfinished project. Unless someone can come up with something.
MsMittens: I'm very thankful for all the help you have provided and I know you have four jobs so thank you very much for your time :halo: <-- Is that supposed to be an angel? well that's what you are :)
Thanks again.