Hi, this is the way i would go about it,
cd /mount
md windows
su root
mount -t vfat /dev/[hdx] /mount/windows
(substituting x for your drive)
Im pretty sure this is the way i used to do it.
Make sure that the drive isnt being mounted some other way, ie in
/etc/.fstab
-- Jamie
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>Subject: [newbie] Unable to mount second drive
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>I have a P2 350 running Linux Mandrake 7.1 .
>
>I am unable to mount my second harddrive that is running on Primary Slave.
>It is a Fat32 drive. If I try to mount it it gives me the error that there
>are either too many mounted drives or that it can't find a file system
>Any Help
>
>Thanks
>Ray Booysen
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