As pointed out by others inorder to mount a Dos partition you
need to use the command:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /MY_MOUNT_POINT
Where 'MY_MOUNT_POINT' is the directory on which you want to mount
the partition. Of course, if the partition is really just a Dos
partition you can use
mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /MY_MOUNT_POINT
or
mount -t auto /dev/hda1 /MY_MOUNT_POINT
but I don't think that the vfat option does any harm.
Someone claimed that you need the VFAT support "compiled into your
kernel".You need not go this far. With Debian you need only load the kernel
module for vfat. Execute the command :
modconf and then choose
fs and then scroll down the page, choose
vfat and then exit.
After this you should be able to mount a windows/Dos partition.
T:Irvine
