Re: [gentoo-user] Can't mount a fat32 partition
On 2005-07-13 23:29:56 + (Wed, Jul), aabb wrote: I use 2 partitions for Windows 98, hda1 and hda5. I set both up as type c (fat32 LBA) during my gentoo installation, using fdisk. The entries in /etc/fstab are almost identical: /dev/hda1/mnt/win_cvfatumask=0,noexec 0 0 /dev/hda5/mnt/win_dvfatumask=0,noexec 0 0 Yet hda1 mounts with no problems, whereas hda5 doesn't. If I execute mount /mnt/win_d I get the error: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda5, or too many mounted file systems I tried various combinations (such as mount -t vfat /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d) and always get the same error. The only differences between the 2 partitions that I can think of are: Check any messages in dmesg output and your syslog file (/var/log/messages or /var/log/everything/current) after you try to mount /dev/hda5. Usually the winner is the lack of necessary encoding in kernel: File Systems - Native Language Support - ... I assume that /dev/hda5 _HAS_ proper FAT filesystem on it.. ;-) HTH -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by 'grep -i virus $MESSAGE' Trust me. pgp0rm0SW0ZXJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't mount a fat32 partition
aabb wrote:
Thanks for all replies so far.
What's the output of fdisk -l /dev/hda?
Output from fdisk -l /dev/hda:
Disk /dev/hda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1179414410273+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda217951800 48195 83 Linux
/dev/hda31801 19457 141829852+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda51801420019277968+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda64201710023294218+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda771017190 722893+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda87191 1945798534646 83 Linux
Maybe it isn't really a FAT32 filesystem?
Could you try something like: strings /dev/hda5 | less
With a FAT32 filesystem, I get:
mkdosfs
BRJF_KEYFAT32
This is not a bootable disk. Please insert a bootable floppy and
press any key to try again ...
RRaA
rrAa{
mkdosfs
BRJF_KEYFAT32
This is not a bootable disk. Please insert a bootable floppy and
press any key to try again ...
list of short filenames on system...
Obviously I formatted the above with mkdosfs, but you can see the label
(RJF_KEY) and type as well.
By comparison, on NTFS, I get:
374 t+a`j
454 Invalid partition table
504 Error loading operating system
543 Missing operating system
0077003 NTFS
...
HTH
-Richard
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Re: [gentoo-user] Can't mount a fat32 partition
Thanks all. It's fixed. When I ran dosfsck /dev/hda5 I got the error:
Logical sector size is zero
So I re-created the file system with mkfs -t vfat -F 32 /dev/hda5
(after backing up all my files!) and now it mounts properly. Not sure I
understand it because I hadn't run the mkfs command on hda1 either. I
formatted both from Win98.
Thanks again,
Alex
Maybe it isn't really a FAT32 filesystem?
Could you try something like: strings /dev/hda5 | less
With a FAT32 filesystem, I get:
mkdosfs
BRJF_KEYFAT32
This is not a bootable disk. Please insert a bootable floppy and
press any key to try again ...
RRaA
rrAa{
mkdosfs
BRJF_KEYFAT32
This is not a bootable disk. Please insert a bootable floppy and
press any key to try again ...
list of short filenames on system...
Obviously I formatted the above with mkdosfs, but you can see the label
(RJF_KEY) and type as well.
By comparison, on NTFS, I get:
374 t+a`j
454 Invalid partition table
504 Error loading operating system
543 Missing operating system
0077003 NTFS
...
HTH
-Richard
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[gentoo-user] Can't mount a fat32 partition
Hi, Here's a strange one... I use 2 partitions for Windows 98, hda1 and hda5. I set both up as type c (fat32 LBA) during my gentoo installation, using fdisk. The entries in /etc/fstab are almost identical: /dev/hda1/mnt/win_cvfatumask=0,noexec 0 0 /dev/hda5/mnt/win_dvfatumask=0,noexec 0 0 Yet hda1 mounts with no problems, whereas hda5 doesn't. If I execute mount /mnt/win_d I get the error: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda5, or too many mounted file systems I tried various combinations (such as mount -t vfat /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d) and always get the same error. The only differences between the 2 partitions that I can think of are: (a) hda1 is primary whereas hda5 is logical (b) hda5 is larger than hda1 (20 Gb and 15 Gb, respectively) (c) hda1 is set as the boot partition in fdisk. If I type the above error in Google I get many hits, but nothing helped. Any ideas? Thanks. Alex -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't mount a fat32 partition
aabb wrote: Hi, Here's a strange one... I use 2 partitions for Windows 98, hda1 and hda5. I set both up as type c (fat32 LBA) during my gentoo installation, using fdisk. The entries in /etc/fstab are almost identical: /dev/hda1/mnt/win_cvfatumask=0,noexec 0 0 /dev/hda5/mnt/win_dvfatumask=0,noexec 0 0 Any of the mask entries correspond to octal permission; therefore, they need to be three-digit numbers. I recommend 022 (rwxr-xr-x), but I assume you want 000 (rwxrwxrwx). Don't forget to set uid and gid or else only root will have access to the files! -- Colin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't mount a fat32 partition
That doesn't seem to address the issue as mounting by hand still spits out errors relative to partition problems. What's the output of fdisk -l /dev/hda? On 7/13/05, Colin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: aabb wrote: Hi, Here's a strange one... I use 2 partitions for Windows 98, hda1 and hda5. I set both up as type c (fat32 LBA) during my gentoo installation, using fdisk. The entries in /etc/fstab are almost identical: /dev/hda1/mnt/win_cvfatumask=0,noexec 0 0 /dev/hda5/mnt/win_dvfatumask=0,noexec 0 0 Any of the mask entries correspond to octal permission; therefore, they need to be three-digit numbers. I recommend 022 (rwxr-xr-x), but I assume you want 000 (rwxrwxrwx). Don't forget to set uid and gid or else only root will have access to the files! -- Colin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't mount a fat32 partition
On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:39:38 -0400 Colin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: aabb wrote: Here's a strange one... I use 2 partitions for Windows 98, hda1 and hda5. I set both up as type c (fat32 LBA) during my gentoo installation, using fdisk. The entries in /etc/fstab are almost identical: /dev/hda1/mnt/win_cvfatumask=0,noexec 0 0 /dev/hda5/mnt/win_dvfatumask=0,noexec 0 0 What's the output of fdisk -l /dev/hda? BTW, I use noauto,noexec,user,fmask=0133 as options in fstab for vfat partitions. Any of the mask entries correspond to octal permission; therefore, they need to be three-digit numbers. I recommend 022 (rwxr-xr-x), but I assume you want 000 (rwxrwxrwx). Don't forget to set uid and gid or else only root will have access to the files! I set file mask to fmask=0133 on vfat partitions, because files on windows partitions don't need the executable bit. It only annoys me when Midnight Commander tries to execute them after I press ENTER. Cheers, Renat -- Probleme kann man niemals mit derselben Denkweise lösen, durch die sie entstanden sind. (Einstein) pgpDnKgGIf0GN.pgp Description: PGP signature
