now when i login to linux im not able to view the files i installed on windows(i.e e and c partitions)...and when i log in to windows im not able to view the d and f partitions(i.e the partitions i used durin linux installations)....
Bill Gates will never let you do that. I dunno if any clever geek has written something that will allows Windoze to read a linux partition, but I very much doubt it.
im not able to read the cdrom in linux...(its giving an error like:not able to mount /dev/hda1 or some crap like that)..wat do i do NOW!!!!...
If its the slave on the primary IDE controller it'll be /dev/hdb (or master on 2nd IDE is /dev/hdc etc) and not all linux installations mount it automatically. Try:
mount -t auto /dev/hdb /cdrom
Where you'll have to make sure /cdrom exists and hdb is the correct disk, etc.