Let me see if I can guide you through this.
There are two things you need to do.
1. You have to make a directory entry in the file structure where you want to mount the new partition. This is done with the 'mkdir' command.
a. Open a command prompt, like konsole. (The name may vary, since linux gives you lots of choices here.)
b. If you want to mount this disk in the / (root), say at directory /mnt, you will need to switch to root, use the 'su' command ( switch user ) When you type su and press the enter key, the system will prompt you for root password. Type it in and press enter. Now do a 'cd' command to /mnt.
c.Use the mkdir command to create a directory ( folder ) for your mount point. Example : mkdir myfat32stuff ( call it what ever you like ).
2. If you want to mount this directory every time you boot, ( most people do ) then you need to edit your /etc/fstab file and enter a line there. You need to edit this file as root. Any basic editor your system has will work.
Here is a sample of the two fat32 partitions on my system, I put in my fstab file.
Code:
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0
Once you have saved the edited fstab file, you can issue a mount command. In my case it would look like 'mount /mnt/win_c' and press enter. The system looks in a couple of places, and reads the entries you made, and mounts the directory. Success is indicated my no messages at all. If you get messages, something is wrong.
If you copy one of the lines I posted, you will need to change the '/dev/hda5' to correspond to the partition you are trying to mount. The '/mnt/win_c' is my mount point. Make yours match the directory you create.
Hope this helps.
