Yes the kernel can mount fat 32 partitions I'm running RH 5.2 with I think kernel 2.0.35 and I mount everyday my fat 32 win partition Eric Peters --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Juan Pablo Sales wrote: > > > > > How do you mount a Windows 98 filesystem from Linux?. I > have two disks, > the > > master with Linux and the slave with Win98. > > > > Juan Pablo Sales > > Montevideo, > > Uruguay > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I am not sure, but I know it is possible. Look in > /etc/fstab and see if > your install has made an entry for it. If it has, you > can specify > either the mount point or the device name to mount. If > it hasn't, try > > mount -t vfat <device-name> <mount-point> > > where mount-point is any existing directory (you might > want to make one > with mkdir). From the way you describe it i guess > device-name would be > /dev/hdb1. I am not sure vfat covers fat32, but I think > it does. The > kernel has had code to handle it since about 2.0.35. If > vfat doesn't > work, maybe somebody on the list can tell me the error of > my ways. :-) > > Lawson > >< Microsoft free environment > > This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary. > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > Get the Internet just the way you want it. > Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for > a month! > Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
