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Derek, I believe you hit problem on the head. This is all I have in fstab file for the win95 drive: # FS = file system #mounting dev FS mounting pt FS type Options /dev/hda1 /mnt/win95 Thanks for help jjc On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 20:32, Derek D. Martin wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > At some point hitherto, John J. Cruz hath spake thusly: > > I've installed Red Hat Linux ver 7.2 and I elected to to use ext3 > > for the file system type. > > An excellent choice. No more fsck! > > > Now I get the following error message when mounting the hard drive > > with windows 95: > > > Drive Mount Command failed. > > "Mount /mnt/win95 2>&1" reported; > > mount fs type not supported by kernel > > Excellent! > > > Prior to this installation I used Red Hat 6.2 and was using fs type ext2 > > and was able to mount the win95 drive. > > > > Is there a solution" > > Yes! And because I'm in a good mood, I'll even tell you what it is. > Enable msdos and vfat filesystem support in your kernel, if it isn't. > If you don't know how to compile a kernel, see the Kernel-HOWTO at > http://www.linuxdoc.org/ (in the "Howtos" section). Then, make sure > you have an entry in your /etc/fstab for the filesystem, which (based > on your description above, and assuming the device file associated > with your windows partition is /dev/hda1) should prolly look like this: > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/win95 vfat defaults 0 0 > > If your windows partition isn't /dev/hda1, make sure you use the right > thing. > > If you don't know what THAT is, try (as root) this: > > # fdisk -l /dev/hda > > You should get a list of the partitions on your first IDE drive, which > looks similar to this: > > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 784 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 83 666666 b Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda2 84 784 5630782+ 5 Extended > /dev/hda5 84 784 5630751 b Win95 FAT32 > > It's onna them pesky "Win95 FAT32" partitions, I do declare. If you > only had one, then pick that one! Otherwise, you're on your own, > since I know nothing about your system. > > Have a nice day! > > [Oh, and for those who've seen the above partition table and think > I've sold out, my linux partitions are on /dev/sda, and I rarely ever > use the win95 partitions for much more than scratch space.] > > - -- > Derek Martin ddm at pizzashack.org > - --------------------------------------------- > I prefer mail encrypted with PGP/GPG! > GnuPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D > Retrieve my public key at http://pgp.mit.edu > Learn more about it at http://www.gnupg.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE8Q4apdjdlQoHP510RAlmBAJ0Ze1nHsuHLZxnWO9AVI4hh3PQ7aACfSt0i > r5/NLSBtRfqEOmETeHrAF00= > =oGu0 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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