Re: Accessing FAT32 Partitions

NUPUL wrote:
My system (SUSE 10) detects the presence of other partition on the
disk. But when

I click on it I get a message saying:
"Could not mount device...no entry was found in /etc/fstab or
/etc/mtab"

Could you please tell me what should I do to access the other
Partitions?

Thanks in advance

Nupul

The short answer: man mount, man fstab


Every line in fstab takes the following shape:

partition mountpoint fstype options dump fsck_pass

partition:

your IDE (ATA) disks are accessible by there device node: /dev/hda, /dev/hdb /dev/hdc etc.
These include cdrom/dvd drives.
If you have sata or scsi disks: /dev/sda sdb sdc etc.
partitions on each device are numbered /dev/hda1, hda2 etc.

mountpoint:
The (empty) directory in which you mount the partition.
Removable devices (cd, dvd, usbsticks etc) are often mounted under:
/mnt and/or /media (e.g. /media/cdrom, /media/dvdrecorder)

fstype:
The filesystem used on the media.
Many many supported filesystems. (e.g. ext2, ext3, Reiserfs, vfat, iso9660). For cd/dvd devices often set to auto, which makes the system find out for itself what fstype is on the media (if supported)

options:
several exist (man pages). E.g.:
(no)exec : (dis)allow executables being run from media
user(s) : allow user(all users) to (u)mount this partition
ro, rw : mount read-only, read-write
console: allow (u)mount by logged in console user
default : use default settings for device
dump: 0 if not included in dump

fsck_pass: 0 if not fs_checked at boot, other positive number indicates fsck order.

Combined example for a vfat partition which is the second partition on your first IDE hd mounted under /windows :

/dev/hda2 /windows vfat defaults 0 1

Mountpoint /windows MUST exist. (mkdir /windows)

You _can_ mount devices (as root) that are NOT in fstab, then you have to specify fstype, device node, mountpoint, all from the commandline:

(root)# mount -t auto /dev/sdb1 /media/usbstick

Again, read man pages carefully! GL.
the suggested fdisk -l provides you a list of all available/mountable partitions in your system. sudo is a mechanism to allow 'ordinary' users to execute commands reserved to root (or other users). It may or may not be set up on your box. Man sudo will provide insight.

KR
Sh.

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