Mount a Fat32

mehargags · 08-17-2002, 05:54 AM

I'm On RH 7.1
below is my HDD info

hdc1 - win2K fat32 15gb
hdc2 - winXP fat32 2gb
hdc3 - linux /
hdc4 - /swap

hdd1 - fat32 15 gb -data
hdd5 - fat32 15 gb -data

I need to Mount my hdc1, hdd1 & hdd5 for Data Sharing Purpose
I used mout as

# mount -t vfat /dev/hdc1 /mnt/win

but it gave me an error :-
" Mount: /dev/hdc1 has wrong major or minor number "

now wot the Hell is that
pls let me Know wot do is i want These to be Mounted on every Boot automatically

MasterC · 08-17-2002, 06:18 AM

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-l...-Aug/0291.html

It talks about that problem, and a possible solution.

MasterC · 08-17-2002, 06:22 AM

http://www.linux-mag.com/1999-10/guru_02.html

And that page, sort of gives you an idea of how to figure out what major and minor numbers to use when creating mknod

http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplan...orials/3174/3/

Actually, this page seems to have a little better info on it.