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

[Tom McDonald]

On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 11:57:40 -0600
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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I think if you check some of the recent news articles, there are several
where the 2.4 kernel corrupted the partitions.  I don't recall if they
were ext2 or vfat, and I thought the problems had all been addressed, but
it's been awhile since I read them.  

-- 
Tom McDonald    <tom at compuclaim.com>

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
		-- A. Camus