Mounting a FAT32 Partition

[Crusty]

Okay....I am trying to mount a FAT32 partition in /mnt/files2

mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/files

it mounts fine, except that it sees all files and directories as executable files....
I tried mount -o umask=777 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/files and the same thing.
I tried mounting a floppy disk in there as well...
mount =t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/files and the same thing....what am I doing wrong?

 

[Kadarin]

mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt/files

(make sure you've already done a "mkdir /mnt/files"..)

Why not just edit your /etc/fstab file, and mount the drive at boot?

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt/files

(make sure you've already done a "mkdir /mnt/files"..)

Why not just edit your /etc/fstab file, and mount the drive at boot?

Same thing, even at boot!

 

[Kadarin]

Post your fstab file...

After typing the mount command, type: chmod -R 777 /mnt/files

See if that works..

 

[Crusty]

# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
/dev/sda2 /boot ext3 noauto 1 1
/dev/sdb2 / reiserfs noatime,notail 0 0
/dev/sdb1 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /mnt/files vfat noauto,rw 0 0
#NOTE: The next line is critical for boot!
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

 

[Crusty]

I can navigate the mount just fine using a a terminal window logged in as root. BUt that is a hassle...i just want everyone to have permissions on it.....

 

[Kadarin]

Ok.. booted back into linux and checked mine:

/dev/hda4 /mnt/CDrive vfat auto,users,umask=000,rw 0 0

 

[drag]

try this

 

[Nothinman]

Ignore the executable bit, it's not really hurting anything and the one time you download something you do want to execute to the partition you'll be glad it's there.

 

[Crusty]

Yeah, I got it now. I didnt realize that umask was the OPPOSITE of the permissions you wanted set...doh!
Thanks for the help guys.