mount a logical partition in DSL
Forum: HD Install
Topic: mount a logical partition in DSL
started by: drg86
Posted by drg86 on Oct. 12 2006,12:31
Hello to all: 
Under the live-cd I can't mount and go up a logical FAT partition containing all my data.
I used the code which allows to mount a partition:
1 - creation of a mountpoint in /mnt ( ex:hda5 )
2-mount-t fat /dev/hda5 /mnt/ hda5 but the answer was that Kernel does not support this fs; but it mount well a primary fat partition.
NB:excuse me; my English is not good.
any idea?
Posted by mikshaw on Oct. 12 2006,13:52
Well....considering the three typos in your command, the first place i'd look is there.Second, what exactly is the filesystem of this partition? The type for fat16 is "msdos", and "vfat" for fat32.
Posted by drg86 on Oct. 15 2006,10:51
Hello to all: my logical partition is a FAT16 partition.
but my problem is when i boot on live-cd i have a message "can't find knoppix file system......"
but if i tape at the boot: dsl pci=off
in that case it write:
Accessing DSL image at /dev/scd0
and i have not USB because they are on pci additional card and no network too.
but the logical partition is mounted properly.
if i tape at the boot: dsl atapicd dma=off
in that case i have:
Accessing DSL image at /dev/hdb (which is exact)
but the logical partition is not mounted automatically.
NB: sorry for my delay answer i have not an Internet Connection in my home.
Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Oct. 16 2006,01:14
DSL doesn't mount partitions automatically if they aren't needed for boot.You can mount them with the mount tool in the bottom right corner in X.
Posted by drg86 on Oct. 16 2006,14:32
Hello to all: well in the bottom button i have fd0 cdrom hd1 hdb(which is stronge is not the same thing that cdrom? )
and i have not hda5
if i write:
mount -t fat /dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 the ansewer is:
mount:fs type not supported by Kernel
if i tray mount -t ms-dos /dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 the same thing
but: mount -t vfat /dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 the ansewer is:
wrong fs type, bad options, bad superblock on /dev/hda5
or too many mounted file systemes
(could this be the IDE device wher you infact
use ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or &0 is
needed)
Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Oct. 16 2006,15:01
Please see mikshaw's post again...| Quote |
| The type for fat16 is "msdos", and "vfat" for fat32. |
Are you sure its hda5? It could be the extended partition. You could paste your output of
| Code Sample |
| # fdisk -l |
Posted by drg86 on Oct. 19 2006,15:10
Hello to all: the extended partition is hda2 and the logical one is hda5
the output of #fdisk -l is:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 617 2487712+ b win95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 618 785 677376 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 618 785 677344+ 6 FAT16
i think that the partition is not bad because it is correctly mounted if i tape at the boot:
dsl pci=off