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

[bryn konti]

>From what you say about how you mount the partition, I
 don't see why you would have a problem mounting the
partition....yet. I think you already said that you
re-formatted the partition after the problems began
and that this did not resolve the problem....and you
had used this fat partition with  previous kernel
versions of linux and didn't have any problems. You
are dual booting RH 7.2 and linux Mandrake on the same
disk and computer?  Did  you upgrade the kernel only
for both distributions or did you install newer
versions of each distribution? If both distributions
live on the same computer/disk do they both have
problems mounting the fat partition or is it just one?
 If you boot from one your backed up kernels with
whatever distribution you are having the mount
problems do you still have the same problems with the
fat partition?  



--- chris.gamble at CPBINC.com wrote:
> 	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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