[Quantian-general] vmplayer, cant mount host partitiions

[jack byers]

On 10/22/06, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:
>
>
> On 22 October 2006 at 10:03, jack byers wrote:
> | 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:/#
>
> I think that is normal. VMWare player makes the virtual computer a
> "separate"
> computer. It has its own device. If you want the partitions from the host,
> you may need to export them via nfs.
> |
> | 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
>
> Well then you are booted into Quantian and it controls your computer, as
> opposed to be being a virtual guest.
>
> | Also,
> | vmplayer  pdf manual advertises  ability to copy,paste between host,
> | virtualmachine
>
> Yes, works for me.
>
> Hth, Dirk


Dirk,  thanks for response.
It clears some things up for me.
But
I realize now that  my  msg  didnt also say
that  I  cannot copy and paste between
a qauntian window and a host(fc5) window

If I had had that capability I wouldnt really need
to be mounting the host partitions..

So, my copy and paste activity in linux
is usually just
select text (in an emacs window say)
with left mouse button
and then move mouse focus toanother window
and use middle mouse button to paste

i cant get that process to work here between
fc5 and quantian, in either direction.
If selecting text in the quantian window
then to get mouse pointer out of quantian win
i have to use that  Ctrl-Alt
and that process allows mouse to move to
my fc5 window but there is nothing to paste;
or more accurately it "pastes'" whatever was
in some buffer in the original fc5 window,
not the contents i selected in the quantian window.

Is there some other magic incantation
to get copy,paste working between host,quantian?

thanks
Jack
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