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Old 09-05-2010, 10:01 AM   #1
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Question about mounting


I've monted my window drives via the command:
/dev/sda6 /media/mount point ntfs-3g

What does this "3g" stands for?

How can I mount if my file is FAT?
 
Old 09-05-2010, 10:08 AM   #2
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I've monted my window drives via the command:
/dev/sda6 /media/mount point ntfs-3g

What does this "3g" stands for?

How can I mount if my file is FAT?
I donot know how u have mounted your drive, the above command does not seem to be correct.

But for FAT u can mount the drive as

#mount -t vfat /dev/sda6 /mnt
 
Old 09-05-2010, 11:34 AM   #3
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sorry dude, but I've mounted all window drive via the same command. And I don't seem that this command is incorrect.
 
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In a nutshell 3g stands for third generation. I suspect the creators wanted their driver to stand out from the original.
 
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sorry dude, but I've mounted all window drive via the same command. And I don't seem that this command is incorrect.
Funny, I get "/dev/sda6: Permission denied" when I try to run "/dev/sda6 /media/mount point ntfs-3g"
 
Old 09-05-2010, 09:54 PM   #6
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I can't say what actually is the stuff, but I've mounted my drives with the same command.
I've mounted my friends machine drives via the same command.
 
Old 09-05-2010, 09:58 PM   #7
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I can't say what actually is the stuff, but I've mounted my drives with the same command.
I've mounted my friends machine drives via the same command.
 
  


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