help: lost my fat32 share partition....

[Aroon Pahwa]

On 9/13/06, Eric Hanchrow <offby1 at blarg.net> wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Aroon" == Aroon Pahwa <viperstyx at gmail.com> writes:
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>     Aroon> how do i found my fat32 partition (i dont know what it
>     Aroon> would be referred to as in /dev/hda*)
>
> Become root and run "fdisk /dev/hda", then type "p".  That will list
> your existing partitions.  Your FAT32 partition is likely still where
> it was, undamaged; just note its name (probably /dev/hda1 or
> /dev/hda4), and then "mkdir /share", then add an entry in /etc/fstab
> to mount it.
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oh cool, that sounds pretty easy.  my only question is what is the type of
fat32 file systems?  i dont see an obvious answer in /proc/filesystems or
listed in man mount.  also, any idea for what to enter under options, dump,
and pass?  i dont see a description of what these mean in man fstab....

aroon
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