Getting Linux to See My FAT32 Partitions...

[teh supar faggort1]

Hi. I am really new to the whole Linux scene, but I think I am beginning to get it all figured out... But I have a question. I have two Fat32 partitions on my system. Right now I am running RedHat 7.0, and I can't figure out how to get RedHat to see those two partitions. I don't have a clue as to where to begin to try, so I truned to here...

When I was running eDesktop 2.4, it auto mounted those two partitions for me, but I don't really know how to do it myself... Or, even better, get them mounted every time I boot up... Anyways. Thanks for your guyses help...

[mrBen]

OK to mount a fat32 partition, enter the following in a terminal


mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/fat-c


/mnt/fat-c must be a created directory in /mnt, but you can use any directory. The /dev/hda1 line must point towards your fat partition.

To get this to happen at startup, you need to add lines to the /etc/fstab file. This lists all the filesystems that mount at startup, but I can't remember the format. I think it's along the lines of
<device> <format> <mount point> <options>

ie.
/dev/hda1 vfat /mnt/fat-c default

I think default is right for options, but am not sure. If you look in your fstab then it will probably be obvious from the other lines there.

HTH (if it's not all wrong)

[teh supar faggort1]

Hey... Thanks for the help... That got me working... The /etc/fstab file needs to have this added:

/dev/hda1 /mnt/drivec vfat defaults 0 0


Thanks... :-) I really love the internet... Makes learning so much easier... :-)

Bryan