browsing FAT32

[wigimister]

Ok, hda3 is mounted as /moltar. it is fat32. when i try to go to /moltar, i get access denied. When i use the terminal as root, i am able to browse the folders.

 

Mandrake put something on my desktop, called win_c2, and when i open it i see the folders in hda3, but they are not folders but unknown files which cannot be opened.

 

All i want is to be able to access this partition, so that i can listen to my music.

 

what do i do?

[polemicz]

post your /etc/fstab.

[Ixthusdan]

Your permissions are off. The changes to be made in your /etc/fstab file will correct the issue. Browsing, writing to, and copying from a fat partition is no problem in linux.

[wigimister]

heres my fstab. what do i do?

 

/dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1

none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0

/dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2

/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0 0

none /mnt/removable supermount dev=/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,kudzu,codepage=850 0 0

/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0

none /mnt/win_c2 supermount dev=/dev/sda1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0

/dev/hda8 /moltar vfat defaults 0 0

none /proc proc defaults 0 0

/dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0

[wigimister]

ok i have changed the line in question to:

 

/dev/hda8 /moltar vfat user 0 0

 

and it still doesnt work.

 

if i su to root, and run nautilus /moltar, it works perfectly.

 

can anyone tell me what is wrong with my fstab?

[Guest betadan]

here is my fstab and i am having the same problems, i can write in SU only

 

/dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hda7 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hde1 /mnt/storage vfat umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,rw 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0

[Ixthusdan]

Is you motherboard a raid setup?

[polemicz]

I had a similar problem on my Debian Sarge setup (2.6.3 kernel) using

/dev/hdxx /mtpt vfat defaults 0 0. I changed the line to

/dev/hdxx mtpt vfat umask=0, iocharset=is08859-1, codepage=850 0 0

It worked fine at that point. Give it a shot.

[polemicz]

Oops, forgot to edit: it's /dev/hdxx /mtpt (or whatever you call it, moltar in your case.

[Cannonfodder]

First off, clarify for me where your fat32 partition is located. Is it hda3 or hda8?

[wigimister]

its hda8, im gunna try to work this out. thanks for the replys

[illogic-al]

hope this helps. Ripped right from our FAQ section: http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=4960

[Cannonfodder]

also, in case you don't know, you can add comments to your fstab and also organize it however you like. E.g. put call entries for one drive

 

# HDA

 

# HDB

 

Makes it easier to learn and keep track of things..

[idud]

Why don't you try this:

/dev/hda8 /moltar vfat defaults,umask=000 0 0