Mount FAT Partitions in Redhat 9

[mohanty1942]

I can't see my Windows partition in Redhat Linux 9. When I run 'mount' command only the CD-ROM gets mounted.

Pls guide how to view FAT/windows partitions.

[sailendra]

the mount command by itself will list the currently mounted filesystems and the mountpoints (directories). To mount a Fat32 partition, you can give the following command:

First create an empty directory which will act as the mount point for your Fat partition:

mkidr /winc

now give the mount command like so:

mount -t vfat /dev/hdaX /winc

make sure you replace the X in /dev/hdaX with the partition number of your Fat32 partition. This will mount the fat32 partition on /winc.
To make the partition to mount automatically on each session of Linux, make an entry in the /etc/fstab file.
For e.g for the above partition you can add something like:

#<device> <mountpoint>  <filesystemtype> <options> <dump> <fsckorder>
/dev/hda1         /winc           vfat        defaults      0     0    0

Hope that helps. for more on fstab do a info fstab or man fstab

[#/bin/sh]

yes i agree with sailendra.

[vignesh]

Code:
mkidr /winc


now give the mount command like so:
Code:
mount -t vfat /dev/hdaX /winc

I tried this but it doesn`t work.I want to mount my d partition that is hda5.
tell me what to do.

[tuxfan]

Why not take a search at the forum. You should find it easily.

I searched for "mount windows partition" and got 16 unique results here (17th was this thread)!! If at least 1 applies to you, your problem will be solved instantly!!

Take a search mate There may be more threads if you search with right keywords.