Run the linux fdisk command on each of your harddrives, i.e. 'fdisk
/dev/hda', 'fdisk /dev/hdb', etc. Don't use a partition number with the
command. You will get a menu asking what you want to do next. Use the
'l' menu item to get a list of each partition and it's type on each of
the disks.
Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 2:50 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Opening Windows Files
>
>
> On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, you wrote:
>
> > > # mount -t umsdos /dev/[whatever-drive-and-partition-for-dos]
> > > /mnt/[whatever-directory-you-want-the-dos-partition-mounted-at]
> > >
> > > (all on one line).
> >
> > Negative, umsdos requires utilitys and preperation beyond
> just a mount
> > command.
> >
> > groupadd vfat
> > edit the fstab everyline that has vfat in it replace "defaults" with
> > "defaults,g=vfat,umask=002"
> >
> > --
> > MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> > --Axalon
> OK - I tried the responses that I received to my question
> about mounting the
> fat partition.
> In the console, as root, I typed groupadd vfat. Then I went
> to my /etc/fstab
> file to edit the vfat lines in it except there was no mention
> of vfat anywhere
> in the file. I believe that my fat partition is hda1, but I'm
> not sure. That's
> the way it's setup in the partition tables anyway. So now my
> question is
> 1. How do I determine what the partition table looks like in
> Linux, I assume
> that my fat partition is hda1, but I'm not entirely certain.
> I should be able to make it work with this information. I
> tried several
> different variations on the mount command and not one of them
> worked, so I must
> be specifying the wrong partition. Thanks, Ken
>
