Mounting FAT32 partitions

Nick Mirkovich nickm1 at zoominternet.net
Wed Oct 6 00:49:31 UTC 2004


If Oliver's recommendation wont work for you, try this entry in
/etc/fstab

/dev/hda6       /windows/e        vfat    rw,noauto,umask=002   0      
0

The umask=002 option ought to allow a non-root user r/w access.

Hope this helps,
Nick



On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 15:24, PsyK wrote:
> Hi, I've tried to mount the FAT32 partition in my hard drive, I've done this:
> 
> sudo mkdir /windows/e
> sudo mount -t vfat /dev/hda6 /windows/e
> 
> But then I can only access the partition as root (or sudo-ing), after
> that I tried to add it to the fstab and rebooting, then I can enter
> and navigate through the partition, but can't write anything
> (read-only mode) as user, only as root (or sudo-ing).
> 
> What can I do?
> 
> Thanks in advance :)
> -- 
> ¡Semper Corruptvs!





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