Re: [PLUG] Accessing a FAT32 drive from Linux

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur@alexion.com>]

I've had success with just including the windows partitions in 
/etc/fstab.  I even get the mount/unmount/browse icons on the KDE 
desktop automatically with this.  My fstab lines are:

/dev/hda1      /mnt/winboot      vfat umask=000   0   0
/dev/hde1      /mnt/windata      vfat umask=000   0   0
/dev/hde5      /mnt/winother      vfat umask=000   0   0

While the umask=000 may seem a bit insecure, it is no less secure than 
the data on those drives is when accessed natively in windows.  I've 
found the umask=000 to work great on this dual boot machine where each 
family member has a linux account, but the windows boot is not set up 
for multiple user accounts.

Art


Fred K Ollinger wrote:

> You could either download this:
>
> http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/
>
> All drives that could possibly be mounted under linux will probably show
> up on kde desktop.
>
> Cli mode is this:
>
> 1. fdisk -l
>
> This will show you your partition tables. You will see the type as well.
>
> 2. Next you can mount it:
>
> mount -t msdos /dev/hdb1 /mnt
>
> This will mount the first partition from the first slave drive onto /mnt.
> You can take it from there. If you need more mount points, do this:
>
> mkdir -p /one
>
> for example.
>
>
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Stephen Gran wrote:
>
>  
>
> > On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 06:38:56PM -0400, George Langford said:
> >    
> >
> > > Hello Plug !
> > >
> > > Here's some more information.
> > >
> > > The BookPC's BIOS is perfectly happy with both the 40GB and 80GB
> > > Maxtor drives on the same cable - The 80GB's in the middle as
> > > Slave and the 40GB's at the end as Master.
> > >      
> > That's a good start - if the BIOS is happy with the drives and finds
> > them during the IDE scan at boot time, linux should be able to handle
> > them, if they aren't completely hosed.
> >
> >    
> >
> > > What I'm discovering is that Red Hat Linux chokes when it tries to
> > > detect the 80GB drive - and there's no opportunity to mount it along
> > > with the floppy drive when I right-click on the display [desktop ?].
> > > I need to work out a command-line syntax to tell Linux what file
> > > system to look for. That's when I get all glassy-eyed.
> > >      
> > (as root): mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt (I'm assuming you only have one
> > partition on your drive, and it is the slave on the first IDE cable)
> >    


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