Fedora - -Mount fat32 partition

serquicia · 11-09-2003, 08:27 AM

I've been trying to mount a partition adding the corresponding line to /etc/fstab.

The problem is that each time I reboot the line disappears. Is there any other place where I should add the mount options?

Thanks

contra · 11-09-2003, 04:09 PM

are you sure you saved the file? that sounds dumb but its a possibility

xconspirisist · 11-09-2003, 04:20 PM

are you root ?

serquicia · 11-09-2003, 04:22 PM

I did everything as root (su) and yes, I did save the file. I know because after doind that I just mounted the partition.

nano · 11-10-2003, 08:26 AM

Maybe you write something wrong in the file.

What "says" your line where you mount the fat32?

I'm write that because something like that happen to me when i try to get the usb flash drive to work.

serquicia · 11-10-2003, 09:59 AM

The problem is that the line is gone now. I think that some boot process just writes the file everytime, but that was not happening with RH9.

Tomorrow I'll try again (I'm not at my pc right now)

edawad · 11-10-2003, 08:52 PM

Hi,

I get the same problem. I have

/dev/hdb5 /mnt/winF vfat auto,users 0 0

But everytime I reboot it seems to revert to default, and my winF folder is gone.

mishmash · 11-10-2003, 10:00 PM

Hi,

The following is the line I use in the /etc/fstab file and it works great:

/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat auto,utf8,umask=0 0 0

Please note that the "utf8" option is to make sure that the french/spanish type of characters are displayed/handled correctly by the file system. You do not need this option if you only have english characters.

Give it a try!

Regards,

mishmash

kevred · 11-11-2003, 04:52 PM

with some linux distros you have to move to the end of your line in fstab then hit the spacebar then save try this
if the directory disappears on reboot it maynot be correctly made ..try from a console under root:
mkdir /mnt/winF
then link this to your device with
ln -s /dev/hdb5 /mnt/winF
add your line to fstab and try again.
Hope this helps

bshelton · 11-13-2003, 12:54 AM

if you guys can't get anything else to work, you might want to try this line in the /etc/fstab

/dev/hda1 /mnt/WinFAT32 vfat auto,umask=000 1 0

Hope this helps out some.

serquicia · 11-22-2003, 12:56 PM

I'm using this line:

/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_e vfat auto,utf8,umask=0 0 0

and added some empty lines below that and now everything is working

mishmash · 11-22-2003, 01:31 PM

Very Good!