In general, dos partition is formated /dev/hda1 or /dev/hda2. Pls make
sure the vfat partition and /d mount point is made.
On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Statux wrote:
> Are you sure that /dev/hda5 is the right partition? :)
>
> > Well, whaddya know, a Winblows 98 start disk gave me access to all 3 drives
> > I thought were lost. Now what do I do? It seems I should be able to mount
> > them in Linux as "vfat". Now that I'm here, here's exactly what's happening:
> >
> > I try "mount -r -t vfat /dev/hda5 /d" as root
> >
> > I get "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda5, or too
> > many mounted file systems"
> >
> > I seriously doubt it's the latter, I only have / mounted otherwise.
> >
> > Some more history, I've checked fdisk in linux, it says they're 'Win95
> > FAT32' drives. The HOWTO says to use 'vfat' to mount. I've also verified
> > that vfat.o exists in /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/fs.
> >
> > I think I may try formatting one of these to DOS and using it as a transfer
> > point, hoping that will work. Anyone have a better suggestion? Thanks a lot
> > for the help.
>
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