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djre

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From: 3 Stars and a Sun

Registered: 2007-10-19

Posts: 36

cannot vfat mount partition

i know this is a stupid question. but im desperate. i cant find solution to my problem.
i need help guys.
so, i have a vfat partition that is shared with windows(im dual booting).

so i edited out my /etc/fstab file like:

/dev/sda4 /home/djre/shared/data vfat user,rw 0 0

i didnt add defaults because i dont want to continually have to SU to copy and write files to the partition, so i opted for user option so i could own the partition. however, when i try to mount it it says only root can do that.

what am i missing?

thanks in advance.

pressh

Developer/TU

From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: cannot vfat mount partition

How do you try to mount the device ?

(You may be doing this correctly but I can't tell from your post, so...)
You can only mount the device if you only specify either the device name OR the mount point, like

mount /dev/sda4

or

mount /home/djre/shared/data