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_easyrider_
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 4:44 pm    Post subject: Mount problems Reply with quote

I have justinstalled a IDE disk, with runs with FAT32 and i would like to know how i can mount it?.
My Gentoo system runs on a SCSI disk, and i just what to add more space to my web etc.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

_easyrider_,

mount -t vfat /dev/hdx /mnt/someplace

Change hdx to suit your ide drive. You need the vfat filesystem avalable to your kernel.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 7:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It works now..
But i still have a question, what do i need to write in my fstab if i need my system to mount the disk hdd1 to /mnt/disk?..
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 8:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

_easyrider_,

Quote:
/dev/hdd1 /mnt/disk2 vfat auto 0 0


will mout the partition at boot time.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 8:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Something like:
Code:

/dev/hdd1   /mnt/disk      vfat     defaults  0   2
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the help. It works now :lol:
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