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
