Problems mounting windows (vfat) partition

sud_crow · 2003-09-12 05:54:20

Hi,

Im having this problem, i mount the vfat partition because i have some mp3 overthere and i want to listen with XMMS while in Arch.
Then, when i try to browse through XMMS file browser, i cant browse the vfat partition, the directories and files, all of them, appear at the right panel, like if they were all files, so i cant get "inside" the mp3 folder...

any clues??

mount command:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win

marin_linuxer · 2003-09-12 17:34:31

Would this be a 'umask=0' kinda-thingy?

I'm only guessing.

apeiro · 2003-09-12 22:30:01

Yea, likely a umask problem.

Try putting this in your /etc/fstab, then running mount /c

/dev/discs/disc0/part1   /c        vfat      defaults,umask=0022    0      0

rls · 2003-09-13 00:16:36

This can't be a general problem in arch linux because I can mount a vfat partition with no problem. The partition Id is c (W95 FAT32 LBA).

Rick

yowwww · 2003-09-13 00:31:29

since you are using /mnt as your destination directory, you need to make sure that you have changed permissions for that so that a user can access it if you haven't already. I usually mount mine in my /home/user/ directory to save the hassle and because it is more convenient.

here is some info on how to do it:

/dev/hda1       /home/user/windows   vfat user,uid=500,gid=500 0 0
/dev/hdb1       /home/user/winmusic  vfat user,uid=500,gid=500 0 0
*this will allow you to write to those directories. All you need to do in either case is save this as your new fstab file.
*to make sure your id's are 500, type "id" in your terminal, if they are something different than 500, substitute that number instead for both uid and gid.

In Arch, the primary user is usually uid=1000 and gid=100

sud_crow · 2003-09-13 04:07:18

Hi,

i dont want to mount it on boot time, i just want it when i need it, thats why i dont put it in fstab....
any such parameters for mount??

Also, i can browse normally, copy, read and everything, the problem is with XMMS.

Toth · 2003-09-13 04:18:02

Try:

# mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win -o gid=100,umask=0007,rw

sud_crow · 2003-09-14 05:39:56

All right, that worked, thanks!.

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Problems mounting windows (vfat) partition

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