mounting a hard disk to linux
hello, i am trying to mount a hard disk of 2 gb onto linux. what should i do to mount it i did try to format it with ntfs file system and then entered the entry into the fstab file and specified the file system as ntfs, but i got the message that the file system is not supported by kernel. although the books says linux supports ntfs plz tell me how to go about. i could have also specified the file system as dos, but then how to dos format the disk and is it necessary to have a dos partition on linux then ? thanx in advance Lalit Nagpal. - Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax
RE: mounting a hard disk to linux
If possible, you can format it as FAT32 then mount it as VFAT. Murat. -Original Message- From: Lalit Nagpal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 12:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: mounting a hard disk to linux hello, i am trying to mount a hard disk of 2 gb onto linux. what should i do to mount it i did try to format it with ntfs file system and then entered the entry into the fstab file and specified the file system as ntfs, but i got the message that the file system is not supported by kernel. although the books says linux supports ntfs plz tell me how to go about. i could have also specified the file system as dos, but then how to dos format the disk and is it necessary to have a dos partition on linux then ? thanx in advance Lalit Nagpal. - Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax
Re: mounting a hard disk to linux
2 daft questions ... 1) whats a post like this doing in the tomcat forum ? 2) why WHY WHY would you format a disk to be used by linux as a windows format ? Try ext2 / ext3 / any of the other native formats ! They are alot better ! NTFS is an 'experimental' filing system under linux ATM IIRC good luck ! D Murat Buyukkal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: If possible, you can format it as FAT32 then mount it as VFAT. Murat. -Original Message- From: Lalit Nagpal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 12:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: mounting a hard disk to linux hello, i am trying to mount a hard disk of 2 gb onto linux. what should i do to mount it i did try to format it with ntfs file system and then entered the entry into the fstab file and specified the file system as ntfs, but i got the message that the file system is not supported by kernel. although the books says linux supports ntfs plz tell me how to go about. i could have also specified the file system as dos, but then how to dos format the disk and is it necessary to have a dos partition on linux then ? thanx in advance Lalit Nagpal. - Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
