Windows partition mounting revisited

[shiv_379]

Yes I know this one has been done to death, but I haven't spotted anyone with the same problem (apologies if there is and I've missed it)...I have managed to mount a FAT32 partition however it's read only. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to make it writable! Any tips?
If it makes a difference, it's a logical partition. Output of fdisk -l is:

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        7362    59135233+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            7932        9651    13815900   83  Linux
/dev/sda3            9652        9729      626535    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda4            7363        7931     4570492+   c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda5            9652        9729      626503+  82  Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order

the appropriate fstab line is:

/dev/sda4       /mnt/sharedspace        vfat    iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0

~Shiv

[OU812]

Re: Windows partition mounting revisited

Here's what kubuntu set up for me

/dev/hda2 /media/hda2 vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1

john

P.S. Users have read/write access.

[kubicle]

Re: Windows partition mounting revisited

the appropriate fstab line is:

/dev/sda4       /mnt/sharedspace        vfat    iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0

Hmm...I don't see anything wrong with that (which once again doesn't mean there isn't anything wrong with it )

You could troubleshoot a bit further by trying to write to it with root privileges (use 'sudo' or 'kdesu konqueror' to write to the drive)
1. If you can write to it 'as root', it's a permissions issue
2. If you can't, it's the drive being non-writable for some reason.

You can also check this thread for possible clues:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3707

Here's what kubuntu set up for me
/dev/hda2       /media/hda2     vfat    defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0       1

On the 'fs passno' field (the sixth field) 1 should be reserved for the root filesystem only, you should use 0 or 2 on all other filesystems 

[shiv_379]

Re: Windows partition mounting revisited

Something I did seems to have worked! I suspect it was changing the folder /mnt/sharedspace to chmod 777.

Where is the best place to read about fstab?
~Shiv

[kubicle]

Re: Windows partition mounting revisited

Where is the best place to read about fstab?

Like always with linux, the man pages are a valuable (if a bit technical reference)
'man fstab' will explain the structure of fstab, and
'man mount' describes the default options and the additional options available for different filesystems.
You can also browse man pages in konqueror with the man:/ kioslave

There are also many less technical (but not as complete) fstab howtos available...try searching the net for 'fstab howto'

[shiv_379]

Re: Windows partition mounting revisited

Thanks

~Shiv