Rob,
> I have meticulously followed the steps in the unofficial Ubuntu FAQ and
> the man pages to get access to NTFS and FAT partition on my drive. I can
> view a directory and file listing of my NTFS partition from the prompt
> but cannot get the partition to display in Computer/Disks.
Change it from /mnt/FAT to /media/windows (don't forget to create the
directory first).
> I cannot even get a file listing of the FAT partition from the prompt.
> I am referring to it by its DOS label "FAT" in /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab
> I get the message /mnt/FAT not present in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab but it
> is in there large as life.
>
> /dev/hda5 /mnt/FAT vfat umask=000
> 0 0
>
> When I move to the /mnt/FAT and do ls, nothing happens.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
Did you either mount it or reboot? I have just done this on my laptop
(which is running Ubuntu). I created /media/windows:
sudo mkdir /media/windows
I added the following line to /etc/fstab:
/dev/hda1 /media/windows ntfs umask=0222 0 0
then mounted /media/windows:
sudo mount /media/windows
Worked perfectly first time.
In your original post you said you had an NTFS partition, yet you are
trying to mount it with vfat. Which is it? If you are unsure, run
"fdisk -l" and send it back to the list.
--
Later
David Kirk
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