Michael C wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a disk with a primary FAT32 partition (C drive) and an extended
> primary partition.
> The extended partition has logical drives d, e, f and g. These drives are
> also FAT32.
> I partitioned these using Partition Magic.
>
> Linux (on seperate drive) can mount /dev/hdc1. This is mounted using vfat at
> bootup.
> Within LinuxConf I cannot seem to mount my logical drives, I have tried
> /dev/hdc2, with the same
> options as hdc1 but with no joy, it just won't mount. I have tried changing
> settings as well.
>
> When I exit LinuxConf, it points me to the error log that suggests that I
> have too many fs mounted
> (not true) or that I am trying to mount a logical partition within an
> extended one, which is of
> course what I am trying to do. However, it gives NO solutions, it doesn't
> tell me where I am going wrong.
>
> I have also unmounted hdc1 prior to attempting to mount hdc2 - again no
> luck.
>
> Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Michael
I could be wrong on this, but the first thing I'd check is why you are
mounting hdcX at all. If your master disk on the first ide bus is your
C drive, then it should be hdaX. I also think that logical drives in
extended partitions start with the number 5. So hda5 would be your d
drive. Post your /etc/fstab. Install always messed up my logical Win
partitions and might be doing the same thing to you. That was the
message I'd get.
You could also go into fdisk in linux and display all the partition
information to help you setup your partitions.
