partitions mount problem

Pablo88 · 02-16-2006, 11:08 PM

Hi!
I have two partitions on my hard disk. Both are fat 32 formated.
The problem is that I can't mount them. I get this error:

Code:

root:/mnt# mount /mnt/hda1
mount: can't find /mnt/hda1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

Is something wrong?

Any help appreciated.

pljvaldez · 02-16-2006, 11:27 PM

I suspect that they're not listed in /etc/fstab. Post your /etc/fstab and also the output of fdisk -l

johndoe0028 · 02-16-2006, 11:32 PM

Are the device nodes stored in /mnt? I think they are in /dev

Here's what I would do.

# mkdir /mnt/hda1
# mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1

If that works, then add a line to /etc/fstab as root...

/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat user,defaults 0 0

First column tells the system the device to be mounted. Second tells where. Third tells FS type. Fourth tells options, in this case, users will be able to control it, and it will have default properties. And I honestly don't know what the 5th and 6th columns do. I just know that they are needed.

Hope this helps

pixellany · 02-17-2006, 08:13 AM

"Sorry for the bad English. I'm Argentinian"

Your english is better than many who have it as their first language.......

Summary of advice already given:
"mount" is normally in the form:
mount <partition> <mountpoint>
You can delete one of these IF the desired mapping is already in fstab or mtab (I'm fuzzy on the latter since I thought mtab was supposed to be the list of what was already mounted...)
This will help fill in the details..
man mount
man fstab

Pablo88 · 02-17-2006, 09:36 AM

This one is fdisk -l:

Code:

Disk /dev/hda: 20.0 GB, 20020396032 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2434 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

 Device Boot   Start     End    Blocks   Id System
/dev/hda1  *       1     650    5221093+  b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda2        651    2434   14329980   f W95 Ext'd(LBA)
/dev/hda5        651    2434   14329948+  b W95 FAT32

This one is fstab:

Code:

/dev/fd2        /           umsdos  defaults         0 0
/root/swapfile  swap        swap    defaults         0 0
/dev/hdb        /mnt/cdrom  iso9660 noauto,owner,ro  0 0
/dev/fd0        /mnt/floppy auto    noauto,owner     0 0
devpts          /dev/pts    devpts  gid=5,mode=620   0 0
proc            /proc       proc    defaults         0 0

Quote:

Are the device nodes stored in /mnt? I think they are in /dev

Here's what I would do.

# mkdir /mnt/hda1
# mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1

If that works, then add a line to /etc/fstab as root...

/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat user,defaults 0 0

When I try that it tells me this:

mount: /dev/hda1 already mount or /mnt/hda1 busy

and /mnt/hda1 is empty

johndoe0028 · 02-17-2006, 08:58 PM

Hm...What is the output of 'mount'?

'mount' will tell what is mounted, where it is, and it's FS type.

pixellany · 02-18-2006, 09:42 AM

Your fdisk output shows only FAT32 partitions---what OS are you running? And from what partition?
If you are running from within hda, then it is already mounted.
I'm confused........

Pablo88 · 02-18-2006, 11:38 PM

I'm running zipslack from hda1, but it's not mounted. I can only see the linux directory