Shared patitions between linux and windows.

sr_25 · 07-01-2006, 11:47 AM

Whenever I try to access a fat32 partion, to share files. I get this error:

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Could not mount device
The reported error was:
mount: wrong fs type. bad option. bad superblock
on /dev/hdb14
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

So I opened a Konsole and typed: dmesg | tail. Here is the output:

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VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:05.
FAT: bogus logical sector size 25185
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:05.
FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:4e.
UMSDOS: msdos_read_superblock failed, mount aborted.
FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:4e.
FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:4e.

Now I have no idea what this means but it doesn't look good! What do I need to do to be able to put files on a fat32 partition?

slackhack · 07-01-2006, 11:53 AM

are you sure you're trying to mount the correct partition and not an extended partition? you should post the command you're using and the output of fdisk -l.

sr_25 · 07-01-2006, 12:01 PM

Here is the output you asked for:

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Disk /dev/hda: 10.2 GB, 10254827520 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1246 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1         997     8008371   83  Linux
/dev/hda2             998        1246     2000092+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5             998        1246     2000061    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Disk /dev/hdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdb1   *           1           1        8001    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hdb2               2        9729    78140160    5  Extended
/dev/hdb5               2          98      779121   82  Linux swap
/dev/hdb6              99         969     6996276   83  Linux
/dev/hdb7             970        1840     6996276   83  Linux
/dev/hdb8            1841        2711     6996276   83  Linux
/dev/hdb9            2712        3582     6996276   83  Linux
/dev/hdb10           3583        4453     6996276   83  Linux
/dev/hdb11           4454        5324     6996276   83  Linux
/dev/hdb12           5325        6195     6996276   83  Linux
/dev/hdb13           6196        7066     6996276   83  Linux
/dev/hdb14           7067        9729    21390516    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Also, I was trying to save a file through kwrite to /dev/hdb14. Which is one of my fat32 partitions.