[Quantian-general] vmplayer, cant mount host partitiions

[jack byers]

quantian via vmplayer howto
working,    host os fc5
however cant mount  the host  system  partitions

the various sdax are listed as dirs    under /mnt

but when i try to mount:

root at boxq:~# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device
root at boxq:~#

root at boxq:/# mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device
root at boxq:/#


is the problem i am having mounting sda1 a limitation imposed by design?
or some limitation of this quantian-qemu-vmplayer hybrid?
or something i missed during the config, install?


I did not have this limitation when  running quantian.iso  booted via grub

Also,
vmplayer  pdf manual advertises  ability to copy,paste between host,
virtualmachine


any advice, help?
Jack
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