How to veiw a FAT32 partition under Linux

CrazyRomanian · 03-14-2005, 02:44 AM

I am running Fedora 3 and am wondering whether it is possible to view my XP, ME and 98 partitions which are all FAT32 from linux. I heard of this Samba thing that came with my distro but have no idea how to use it. Also is it possible to view my linux partition from windows.

CrazyRomanian · 03-14-2005, 04:38 AM

ok did some diggin foned some frends and got some help but i just wanna be sure. I have created a /mnt/WinXP on my hard drive. I have identified the partition i want to view, hda8. So i added the following:
/dev/hda8 /mnt/WinXP vfat users,owner,rw,umask=022 0 0
so my fstab should look like this:
# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom auto pamconsole,ro,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder auto pamconsole,ro,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0

/dev/hda8 /mnt/WinXP vfat users,owner,rw,umask=022 0 0

where the last line is the new partition. Is that right cos i dont want to stuff up my linux.

horndude · 03-14-2005, 08:35 PM

it should work, yes

samba is for sharing files with windows machines across a network, not on the same machine

CrazyRomanian · 03-16-2005, 04:56 PM

thanks, i got it working in the end, took the plunge and thankfully it worked. I still dont understand samba tho.

Thanks anyway

03-14-2005, 02:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
CrazyRomanian Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 45	How to veiw a FAT32 partition under Linux I am running Fedora 3 and am wondering whether it is possible to view my XP, ME and 98 partitions which are all FAT32 from linux. I heard of this Samba thing that came with my distro but have no idea how to use it. Also is it possible to view my linux partition from windows. __________________ Pain is just weakness leaving the body

03-14-2005, 04:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
CrazyRomanian Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 45	ok did some diggin foned some frends and got some help but i just wanna be sure. I have created a /mnt/WinXP on my hard drive. I have identified the partition i want to view, hda8. So i added the following: /dev/hda8 /mnt/WinXP vfat users,owner,rw,umask=022 0 0 so my fstab should look like this: # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hdd /media/cdrom auto pamconsole,ro,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder auto pamconsole,ro,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 /dev/hda8 /mnt/WinXP vfat users,owner,rw,umask=022 0 0 where the last line is the new partition. Is that right cos i dont want to stuff up my linux. __________________ Pain is just weakness leaving the body

03-16-2005, 04:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
CrazyRomanian Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 45	thanks, i got it working in the end, took the plunge and thankfully it worked. I still dont understand samba tho. Thanks anyway __________________ Pain is just weakness leaving the body

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03-14-2005, 08:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
horndude Master Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,532	it should work, yes samba is for sharing files with windows machines across a network, not on the same machine