Can't Mount vfat Partition

[ernieg92]

I deleted several partitions that I didn't need and created one new partition. It is a FAT32 partition, for sharing files between WinXP and Kubuntu.

I updated the /etc/fstab file with the following (based on my limited knowledge):

# /dev/hdb1
/dev/hdb1	/media/FILES  vfat  defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0    1

But, the folder/partition does not mount; I get "/media/FILES does not exist" when I try to mount (mount -a).

I don't know what "UUID" is or how to get one for the partition; is that what the problem is? All of my other partitions have a "UUID=xxxxxx" entry for the <file system>.

Please help! Thanks.

[mfburgo]

Re: Can't Mount vfat Partition

Create a directory in /media name FILES

[ernieg92]

Re: Can't Mount vfat Partition

Create a directory in /media name FILES

I could have sworn I'd done that already. But it wasn't there; re-created it and I got the partition to mount. Thanks!

BTW, Kubuntu won't delete the directory on a reboot, will it?

[dibl]

Re: Can't Mount vfat Partition

Kubuntu won't delete the directory on a reboot, will it?

Nope!