Re: [SLUG] mounting a fat32 partition

From: Norbert Cartagena (gnorb@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Tue Feb 11 2003 - 07:27:31 EST


William Coulter wrote:
> Ok I have new problem with mounting a fat32 partition. When I mkdir a directory called "window"
> and ran the command "mount -t vfat dev/hda2 /mnt/window" now I get an error that says "Are you
> mounting an extended partition not a logical partition? Fat is bogus logical sector." The last
> time I did mount a fat partition it was a second drive, this time it is an extended partition.
>
> So, how do I mount an extended fat32 partition?
>
> William
>
>

Ever thought of simply adding a /etc/fstab entry? Try adding this to is:

/dev/hda2 /mnt/Windows vfat defaults 0 0

And then try simply "mount /mnt/Windows," and see what you get.

Gnorb



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