hi, i tryed the following command in a terminal window (is this what u mean by a "console"?)
# fdisk -l /dev/hd? but got the reply bash: fdisk: command not found what am i doing wrong?? cheers, sam >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== >>hi, i have a 10 GB FAT32 drive which can be accessed by windows xp, but i'd >>also like my redhat 9.0 OS to be able to read & write to it. how can i go >>about setting this up? >> >> >hello there > >first you need to find the device file which points to your fat32 >partition. > >to do this, in a console become root > >$ su - >Password: ***** > >then type > ># fdisk -l /dev/hd? > >this will give a list of all the hard disk partitions > >hopefully you'll find the fat32 partition. > >now you'll need to make a place for the partition to be mounted to > ># mkdir /mnt/fat32 >(for example) > >now if you want it to mount automatically on boot >add this to your /etc/fstab > >/dev/hd?? /mnt/fat32 vfat umask=644 0 0 > >if you want it to be able to be mounted manually add this line instead > >/dev/hd?? /mnt/fat32 vfat umask=644,noauto 0 0 > >[substitute the /dev/hd?? with the device file which corresponds to the >fat32 partition] > >save and exit >now if you type as root > ># mount /mnt/fat32 > >you'll be able to access the partition there > >hth > >tim
