Gparted and mounting

[Kim Briggs]

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>        I had to make an extended partition on a 650 GB HD and that
> went fine. But then I made a 20 GB partition and it is a FAT32
> file system. I then formated to FAT32. Alas Gparted shows the
> partition correct but it is not mounted.
>
>        Never had this problem before. Looked at gparted help and
> found what should be there but it is not.
>
>        Guess I could change it to a ext3 partition and see if that
> mounts. But I do need at least a FAT32 file system for windowsXP.
>...

Hi Karl,

I don't "do" the terminal with /etc/fstab myself.  Have you tried
using pysdm, the Python Storage Device Manager?

http://kimbriggs.com/computers/computer-notes/linux-notes/linux-partitions-2nd-hard-drive-backup.file

Works for me,
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