Mounting windows partitions ?

Hello f
i have dual booted system. One partition having the solaris 9/07 os and other one has windows xp professional. I am new to solaris. Could any body tell me that how to access windows fat32 partitions through solaris.
Thanks.....

mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c?d?p0:c /mount_point
alan

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    I just installed Leopard today, using the upgrade option (as opposed to a clean install). I was happy to see that I could boot into Windows still, and installed all of the Boot Camp 2.0 drivers while booted into Vista. However, I can no longer mount my Windows partition in OSX. While using Tiger, I did use MacFuse and ntfs-3g to get read-write support, but in Leopard, I can't even read. When I try to mount the Windows volume in Disk Utility, I get an error stating that it cannot be mounted. I also do not have the option to perform "First Aid" or "Repair" on the volume.
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    Ok. I'm in the club with the same problem...
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    * In the FSTAB there were no instructions: it was empty.
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    Message was edited by: Giangiacomo Castelfranchi1

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  • Can't mount my Windows partition

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    Last edited by kcy29581 (2012-10-18 06:50:11)

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  • After Lion upgrade Windows partition won't mount

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  • Windows Partition No Longer Shows Up After Accidental Premature Closing of Camptune

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    You may have better luck over in the Bootcamp forum, which is here.
    ~Lyssa

  • [Solved] KDE 4.4: Dolphin no longer sees Windows partition

    This is a bit tricky, but I figure someone may have just have come across this bit of oddity... or hopefully, might have an idea of how to fix it.
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    Last edited by Gen2ly (2010-03-01 07:53:36)

    Um, no.  Good question toad.  This is what I'm getting:
    # mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/win
    Unexpected clusters per mft record (-1).
    Failed to startup volume: Invalid argument
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