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Fat32 and Linux (RH 9)

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20 years 5 months ago #4089 by imonfya
How do I mount my FAT32 HD in Linux? Everytime I use the mount command, it says FAT32 not supported by Kernel?
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20 years 5 months ago #4090 by sahirh
Replied by sahirh on topic Re: Fat32 and Linux (RH 9)
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/cdrive

should work just fine..
replace /dev/hda1 with your harddisk device
replace /mnt/cdrive with whichever directory you want to mount it in

If it doesn't detect the filesystem automatically try mentioning explicitly

mount /dev/hda1 -t vfat /mnt/cdrive

you use 'vfat' to mount FAT32 partitions.

If you want it to mount at boot everytime, make the entries in
/etc/fstab

read man mount for more info

Sahir Hidayatullah.
Firewall.cx Staff - Associate Editor & Security Advisor
tftfotw.blogspot.com
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20 years 5 months ago #4103 by imonfya
Replied by imonfya on topic Re: Fat32 and Linux (RH 9)
thanks, before I thought u had to replace "-vfat" with "-vfat32" for FAT32 partitions
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20 years 5 months ago #4107 by sahirh
Replied by sahirh on topic Re: Fat32 and Linux (RH 9)
I figure that you mistyped that and meant

-t vfat

no need for the 32 :)

Though it usually autodetects FAT32 partitions just fine.. try just

mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/cdrive

Cheers

Sahir Hidayatullah.
Firewall.cx Staff - Associate Editor & Security Advisor
tftfotw.blogspot.com
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