Access to Linux (ext3) & Windows (FAT32) partitions (from Ubuntu 9.04)

[Karl F. Larsen]

Jay Mistry wrote:
>> You need a line for each partition, with the same information as is used
>> to build the mount command:
>>
>> /dev/[fat32 partition] /mnt/[some dir] cifs defaults     0   0
>> /dev/[ext3 partition] /mnt/[some dir] ext3 defaults  0   2
>>
>> You need the mount points ("/mnt/[some dir]" in the above examples) to
>> exist, be unique(!), and to have sane permissions.  If the mount point
>> doesn't exist, the mount operation will fail.  If the permissions are
>> too restrictive, you will have problems accessing or updating files.
>>
>> The "0 0" and "0 2" influence whether (and the order of) file systems
>> checks are done.  You probably don't want a check done of the vfat
>> filesystem.
>>
>> If those file systems existed when you installed ubuntu, they may have
>> been detected by the installer, in which case it may have created
>> entries for them in /etc/fstab.
> 
> I will check out /etc/fstab and modify it as above if needed - all the
> aforementioned partitions existed at the time of Ubuntu install, since that
> was the last OS I installed (Windows XP, Fedora 10, Ubuntu 9.04; in that
> order). So they should have been picked up by the installer (I chose the
> custom partitioning layout as otherwise it would mean replacement of the
> Fedora 10 installation).
> 
>>> Another problem is that the 'fdisk -l' command returns no result
>>> (either as normal user or root user).
>>>
>> Odd.  Does it return a non-zero value to the shell? Check with the
>> command sequence
>>        fdisk -l;echo $?
>>
>> (I get a return value of 0, even after fdisk complains about /dev/md*
>> not containing valid partition table, while reporting both physical
>> disks, all the RAID metadevices, and detail of a USB key that is
>> attached to the PC)
> 
> Here is what I get:
> 
> for:  fdisk -l;echo $?
> 
> jaymist at LinuxUbuntu:~$ fdisk -l;echo $?
>> 0
>> jaymist at LinuxUbuntu:~$
> 
> 
> for: fdisk -l   (nil output)
> 
> jaymist at LinuxUbuntu:~$ fdisk -l
>> jaymist at LinuxUbuntu:~$
> 
> 
> AFAIK 'fdisk' should be part of the default bash shell commands. I alos
> tried looking into the Package Manager for fdisk related packages &
> installed them. But this also doesnt work.
> (Pict of the packages w/ fdisk is here:
> http://www.imagebam.com/image/6e9af244912194)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jay
> 
> 
	It will be very hard to mount the fedora and windows if you can't find
them...


karl


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