Help with FAT 32 mounting partitions

[Owen Townend]

On 3/11/08, Bob Cortez <rjcortez at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Owen Townend <owen.townend at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On 3/11/08, Bob Cortez <rjcortez at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Rich Rudnick <rich at aphroneo.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Bob Cortez wrote:
> > > > > I have a dual boot (XP and Gutsy)  I want to be able to read write
> > > > in
> > > > > both OS to two FAT 32 partitions.  They will also be shared drives
> > > > on
> > > > > our network.
> > > > >
> > > > > Results from fdisk -l
> > > > >
> > > > > /dev/sda4            2676        9729    56661255    b  W95 FAT32
> > > > > /dev/sdb1               1        9729    78148161    b  W95 FAT32
> > > > >
> > > > > Lines in /etc/fstab
> > > > >
> > > > > # /dev/sda4
> > > > > UUID=F8F2-2027  /disk1          vfat
> > > >  defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46
> > > > > 0       1
> > > > > # /dev/sdb1
> > > > > UUID=FC2C-3A48  /disk2          vfat
> > > >  defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46
> > > > > 0       1
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I'm assuming you can read these as root, but not as your user. You
> > > > should be sure you are in group plugdev , that's what gid=46 is
> > > > pointing at.
> > > >
> > >
> > > How do I change it so they mount on boot up and are available to all
> > > users on the network?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
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> > Hey,
> >   Are you able to access the disks as a normal user logged into the
> > system with this setup?
> >   How would you like to be able to access the disks over the network?
> >   If you have windows machines you'll want to install/configure samba,
> > otherwise NFS.
> >   Depending on what you're using them for though you may only need
> > ftp/sftp/sshfs.
> >
> >   In short: what can you do now, what are your requirements, and what
> > have you done so far?
> >
> > cheers,
> > Owen.
>
>
> Write now  Disk1 and Disk2 only show up as folders in file system.  I can
> open the folders fine, as a user.  They are empty right now.  They don't
> appear on the desktop or under Computer in the 'Places' menu.
>
> I'll probably use Samba to make the drives available on the network.  The
> drives will just be data storage that will need to be accessible rw for all
> users on the network (766?)
>
> I'm thinking about deleting these two partitions and reconfiguring them to
> NTFS
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Hey,
  Not showing up in the 'places' menu or on the desktop is normal for disks
configured in fstab.
  Those places are for auto detected, usually temporary, drives like usb
sticks. Use `mount` and/or `df -h` to check that the disks are actually
connected and mounted correctly.

  The only good reason for choosing fat32/ntfs in this project would be if
the disks were going to be physically connected to a windows machine[1].
Otherwise, If the disks are going to be staying in this
server and shared only over the network you are best formatting them with a
linux fs such as ext3.
  A sample samba share for your needs could be something like this from my
smb.conf which allows all users rw access:

[dumping]
  comment = Kushiels Dumping Ground
  writable = yes
  locking = yes
  path = /phedre/share/dump
  create mask = 0766
  browseable = yes
  case sensitive = yes
  guest ok = yes
  guest only = yes

cheers,
Owen.

footnotes:
[1] Though, there are windows drivers available for ext2/3 such as
http://www.fs-driver.org
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