[NTLUG:Discuss] RE: Discuss digest, Vol 1 #1153 - 5 msgs

[chris.gamble@CPBINC.com]

	I have had success mounting fat under earlier kernels on this same
machine, which is one of the reasons i tried to be so specific about the
kernel. As for your questions, I am attempting to mount it as root with only
the -t vfat parameter (this drive is not in my fstab). The partition is on
the same physical disk as the linux partition, and it was formatted with the
format option under windows 98. 

	Thanks

> 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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