hi im new to linux, trying to change my windows os to linux one. Im trying to mount a fat32 logical drive in my linux. Im using redhat 8.0. i tried with this command:
mount -t vfat /dev/hdb2 /mnt/win

i always having this error:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb2,
or too many mounted file systems
(aren't you trying to mount an extended partition,
instead of some logical partition inside?)


does i have something to do before mounting it? (already create my win folder)

thx a lot

Are you dual booting? If so, go to /mnt/windows and all your Win folders should be accessible.

If you're not dial-booting, why do you need a fat32 partition?

yes i have win and redhat install on my machine

and dont see any windows folder, i just have cdrom and floppy

type (as root)
fdisk -l /dev/hdb
what does this return?

Adrian

Try this:

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

This is assuming your first partition is /dev/hda1 which has windows.

Bert

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bash: fdisk: command not found
maybe ill reinstall linux with full install

in my first post i wrote the error message i got when im trying to do this

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Originally posted by ajk
type (as root)
fdisk -l /dev/hdb
what does this return?

Adrian
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bash: fdisk: command not found
maybe ill reinstall linux with full install
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Maybe fdisk just wasn't in his $PATH (I've seen this happen on RH installs a lot where it doesn't include any of the /sbin dirs)

Try this (as root of course)

/sbin/fdisk -l /dev/hdb

again post the output. If this doesn't work try

locate fdisk

I don't see any reason why /sbin wouldn't be in his PATH, there's a lot of programs in there that you can't use RH without.
I would reinstall RH and choose the everything option.
If you don't keep your computer on at night type find / -name fdisk instead of locate fdisk.

i haven't found a reason for the either. But, I just stated that as an option, just in case

yes it wasnt in the path
i found thatt my fat32 partition wasnt formatted correctly and its why linux wasnt able to mount it

thx a lot to all, ill try now to add in to be able that linux mount it automatically when the os boot
thx