Akintayo Holder wrote:
>
> Is there anyway to get linux to see extended partitions created by fdisk
> ?
>
> I am using vfat, my HD has 4 1+G partitions but I can only see the first
> one from Linux is there a way to see all of them
Linux doesn't know the difference between a primary and an extended
DOS partition, and doesn't care. It will still refer to them as
/dev/hda1, /dev/hda2, /dev/hdb1, etc. All you should need to do to
see them is mount them. For example, to mount an extended DOS vfat
filesystem which is the second partition on your first physical drive:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda2 /mnt/dosmount
Substitute whatever mount point you choose for /mnt/dosmount, just
make sure the point (which will be a directory) exists or you'll
get an error. Alternatively, you can have it (them) auto-mounted
at boot time by putting an entry in your /etc/fstab for them, such as:
/dev/hda2 /mnt/dosmount vfat defaults 0 0
Bill Kocik
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