[NTLUG:Discuss] FAT 32 mounted under linux gets corrupted.

[bryn konti]

I have been mounting windows partitions formatted by
windows/DOS under linux for years and I have never
come across this type of problem myself.....that may
just be luck.  I guess the first question I would have
to ask is what does  your /etc/fstab look like....or
if you are mounting the partition as root what args
are you using with the mount command. I also would ask
if this is a separate disk or another primary/logical
partition on the same hard-drive. If the problem only
exists on a separate disk formatted with FAT, the
problem might be hardware related.  Yet another
question might be whether you format the FAT partition
using a Microsoft product or with something else.... 

 
--- chris.gamble at CPBINC.com wrote:
> I am using kernel 2.4.18 under rh 7.2 and as the
> default kernel in mandrake
> 8.2. I mount the FAT 32 on a 30 gig hard drive, and
> as shortly after I start
> using the fat 32 partition, it crashes. Not the OS,
> but the harddrive.
> Sometimes, it jsut switches to read only mode, other
> times it completely
> trashes the partition and I have to reformat the
> fat32 drive. 
> 
> So, my question is, anyone else have this problem?
> Any ideas how I can
> resolve it?
> 
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