by Doug Hodge » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00
by Teonanacat » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00
May be the easiest to reinstall Linux. When you are at the point where
you have created the partitions, you will be asked to set mount points
for the different partitions. You don't need to set anythingfor the the
swap partitions. Depending upon how you set the partitions up, the
mount point for root would be / the forward slash symbol. Then you
can set the mount points for any other partitions you will set up. You
may have the DOS/win set up on /dev/hda1. This means that the dos is on
hard drive a ( the first one) in partition 1. So, when asked to set the
mount point for that partition, you could select (type in ) something
like
/dos or
/win9x
or just about anything else which you chose which you will find easy to
remember.
Then, when you finish the Linux install, and boot into the system, that
partition will be visible when you change over to or read that
directory.
This is especially handy, if you have a Netscape bookmark file, or
address book in your Win9x. You can export these two utilities, leaving
the export file on that partition, and when in Linux, you simply import
those into the new Netscape Linux version from the Win partition, so you
have all of those immediately available.
Good Luck,
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by Silviu Minu » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00
To make this automatic put the following line in your /etc/fstab (if you don't
already have it):
/dev/hda1 /mnt/dos vfat defaults 0 0
by Scot » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00
/mnt/dos does not exist
What am I doing wrong?
Scott
> To make this automatic put the following line in your /etc/fstab (if you
don't
> already have it):
> /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos vfat defaults 0
0
> > I am a newbie with Linux, just installed a dual boot Win98/Red Hat v5.2.
> > Could someone give me some straightforward instructions on how to mount
the
> > DOS file system in Linux. Thanks!!
by Magicia » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00
I'm still trying to make my NT and Caldera dual boot.
> /mnt/dos does not exist
> What am I doing wrong?
> Scott
> > mount -t vfat /mnt/dos /dev/hda1 (or whatever drive your
dos
> > partition is)
> > To make this automatic put the following line in your /etc/fstab (if you
> don't
> > already have it):
> > /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos vfat defaults
0
> 0
> > > I am a newbie with Linux, just installed a dual boot Win98/Red Hat
v5.2.
> > > Could someone give me some straightforward instructions on how to
mount
> the
> > > DOS file system in Linux. Thanks!!
by Magicia » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00
Try "mount -t fat32 /mnt/dos /dev/hda1"
> /mnt/dos does not exist
> What am I doing wrong?
> Scott
> > mount -t vfat /mnt/dos /dev/hda1 (or whatever drive your
dos
> > partition is)
> > To make this automatic put the following line in your /etc/fstab (if you
> don't
> > already have it):
> > /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos vfat defaults
0
> 0
> > > I am a newbie with Linux, just installed a dual boot Win98/Red Hat
v5.2.
> > > Could someone give me some straightforward instructions on how to
mount
> the
> > > DOS file system in Linux. Thanks!!
by Scot » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00
Scott
> Try "mount -t fat32 /mnt/dos /dev/hda1"
> > When I do this, I get:
> > /mnt/dos does not exist
> > What am I doing wrong?
by Charles Sulliva » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00
>/mnt/dos does not exist
>What am I doing wrong?
>Scott
>> mount -t vfat /mnt/dos /dev/hda1 (or whatever drive your
dos
>> partition is)
>> To make this automatic put the following line in your /etc/fstab (if you
>don't
>> already have it):
>> /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos vfat defaults 0
>0
>> > I am a newbie with Linux, just installed a dual boot Win98/Red Hat
v5.2.
>> > Could someone give me some straightforward instructions on how to mount
>the
>> > DOS file system in Linux. Thanks!!
by Charles Sulliva » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00
No kernel (as recent as Ver 2.2.11) will recognize "FAT32"
or "fat32" as a valid NAME for a file type. Support for
a FAT 32 file system is accomplished by using file type
"vfat" in the mount command. (Type vfat also supports
FAT 16 file systems with either short or long filenames).
Note: Only kernel versions 2.0.34 and later can support
FAT 32 file systems. Support for vfat in this and later
versions must be specified when the kernel is built, but
this is ordinarily included in most standard distributions.
>Try "mount -t fat32 /mnt/dos /dev/hda1"
>> When I do this, I get:
>> /mnt/dos does not exist
>> What am I doing wrong?
>> Scott
>> > mount -t vfat /mnt/dos /dev/hda1 (or whatever drive your
>dos
>> > partition is)
>> > To make this automatic put the following line in your /etc/fstab (if
you
>> don't
>> > already have it):
>> > /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos vfat defaults
>0
>> 0
>> > > I am a newbie with Linux, just installed a dual boot Win98/Red Hat
>v5.2.
>> > > Could someone give me some straightforward instructions on how to
>mount
>> the
>> > > DOS file system in Linux. Thanks!!
by Silviu Minu » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00
mkdir /mnt/dos
(I assume you have /mnt already. If not, create it as above).
> /mnt/dos does not exist
> What am I doing wrong?
> Scott
> > mount -t vfat /mnt/dos /dev/hda1 (or whatever drive your dos
> > partition is)
> > To make this automatic put the following line in your /etc/fstab (if you
> don't
> > already have it):
> > /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos vfat defaults 0
> 0
> > > I am a newbie with Linux, just installed a dual boot Win98/Red Hat v5.2.
> > > Could someone give me some straightforward instructions on how to mount
> the
> > > DOS file system in Linux. Thanks!!
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