a-Linux question

a-Linux question

[Claudiu Tanaselia]

Hello all,

I'd  downloaded  the  a-Linux, it's really cool stuff, but does anyone
knows how can I mount a FAT32 partition for read/write? I tried the od
fashioned  way, but in /dev directory there were no hda6 device. And I
need a hda6 one. How can I create one?

When will it be the next release of a-Linux?

Thanks,
Claudiu Tanaselia.

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Re: a-Linux question

[Gregor Schatz]

Hello Claudiu,

Claudiu Tanaselia wrote:
> I'd  downloaded  the  a-Linux, it's really cool stuff, but does anyone
> knows how can I mount a FAT32 partition for read/write? I tried the od
> fashioned  way, but in /dev directory there were no hda6 device. And I
> need a hda6 one. How can I create one?

I think you should create the device-files /dev/hda and /dev/hda6 with mknod 
(info mknod / man mknod). 


> When will it be the next release of a-Linux?
There I'dont know anything.

Sorry for my bad english

Gregor

Re: a-Linux question

[stonelock]

Hello!

Its been a while since I reformated partitions under Linux, but if my memory
is correct, you can use the program fdisk (under root) to format a new
partition. Just follow the instructions to create a new partition and to
write it to disk.

If what you're saying is that you already have a FAT32 partition then you
should be able to view it with fdisk also. There's another command to check
what partitions are active on your system but i forget.

Once you know where you're FAT32 partition is located, may it be /dev/hda6
or something else, all you need to do is incorporate an entry under the file
fstab under /etc ( /etc/fstab ). This will of course only work if you use a
linux that supports this file path. You're fstab file might be located
elsewhere or might be under a different name, or it might not exist at all
for your specific linux architecture.

If everything worked right, you're partition will be available at every boot
easily as a mountable partition or even directly if you have it mounted
automatically.

Hope this helps a bit.
aXoneX
ps: If you want a full line for an entry in fstab, let me know and i'll post
what i have so you can examine how it's done.

> Hello all,
>
> I'd  downloaded  the  a-Linux, it's really cool stuff, but does anyone
> knows how can I mount a FAT32 partition for read/write? I tried the od
> fashioned  way, but in /dev directory there were no hda6 device. And I
> need a hda6 one. How can I create one?
>
> When will it be the next release of a-Linux?
>
> Thanks,
> Claudiu Tanaselia.
>
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> "Space... The final frontier"
> http://www.tanaselia.home.ro
>
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