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Mount Windows partition in Linux
I installed a dual-boot system, with W2K and Linux (RedHat 8).

I tried to mount the FAT32 partition in Linux with the following command:

mount -t vfat /dev/hda2 /mnt/win

It didn't work. Then I tried

mount -t msdos /dev/hda2 /mnt/win

Still didn't work.

What is the correct command to mount this partition?
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What does "doesn't work" mean? For one thing, I imagine W2K is NTFS, not FAT. However, the syntax itself is correct.
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Old March 9th, 2003, 09:56 PM
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someone told me the command should be

mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/win -t vfat -r

would it make a difference?

i have an NTFS partition and a FAT32 partition on my W2K disk. the error message says "... wrong file system..."
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I guess you chose the wrong partition...

Please post the output of "fdisk -l /dev/hda".
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yes, you're right.

i successfully mounted the correct partition with info from "fdisk -l"
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