Help with transfering files between OS.

[tangrabg]

My last message was wanting help with transfering files from my Linux to Windows. People suggested that I create a FAT32 partition. I followed their advice and created a FAT32 partition with PartitionMagic 8.0. Whenver I go into Linux, however, I cannot see the partition where I would expect it to be, in the MNT folder. If anyone could help me, please do. Thanks.

 

[Spencer278]

You need to mount the partion using the mount command it is something like
mount vfat /dev/... /mnt/fat32
where ... is the partion locations like hda1. and /mnt/fat32 is the folder you want to mount the partion. Unlike windows linux isn't smart enought to mount drives for you.

 

[Zelmo3]

Originally posted by: Spencer278
Unlike windows linux isn't smart enought to mount drives for you.

Rather, Linux usually knows better than to go around mounting every filesystem it can find.

 

[pitupepito2000]

what you need to do is to mount your filesystem manually. You have been able to mount other partitions and their filesystems easily because they had an entry in the the "/etc/fstab" file. You can also mount it manually, once you are able to mount it manually just transfer those options to the /etc/fstab file. First you need to figure out what is the name of your FAT32 partition. Do the following:
1. login as root in a terminal
2. open terminal, and type "su"
3. type "fdisk /dev/hda"
4. type "m" enter
5. type "p" enter
6. type "q" to exit

Now that you know what is the name of your FAT32 partition you need to mount it, by using:
mkdir /mnt/vfat
mount -t vfat /dev/hdax /mnt/vfat ***************IMPORTANT************ REPLACE /dev/hdax with whatever is the name of your parition

Of course this commands only create a directory where you will mount your filesystem. You still need to figure out how to do this in a more secure manner. You have to provide some options to the mount command so a regular user, you, can access it. In other words this command allows only root to access your partition. I would recommendyou read the manual page of mount, and what options it has for fat 32 partitions.

Good luck,
pitupepito