acessing hard drives in live cd's

Anirudh,
> is it possible to access the hard drive when you are in a live cd.
> Specifically, Ubuntu ( Hoary Hedgehog ).
Yes, it's very much possible.

> how is it done? do we have to edit /etc/fstab ?
You don't have to edit /etc/fstab Open a root terminal from
Applications > System Tools and then,
# fdisk -l
That will show you the avialable partition names. Then create a few
moint points like /mnt/disk1, /mnt/disk2, etc.
# mkdir /mnt/disk1 ; mkdir /mnt/disk2
Then use the `mount' command to mount the partitions -
# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/disk1 -o rw
You are done!
Regards,
-bg-

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