srinivas v.

Hi

Thanks for replying. I haven't created any extended partitions. This is
what my fdisk reports:

$ fdisk -l /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 2611 20972826 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 2612 3916 10482412+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 3917 3981 522112+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda4 3982 7296 26627737+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

I think I was able to mount the hda4 partition with the genkernel that I
had initially used after the install. But I later switched to my custom
kernel and tho everything is compiled in, I'm unable to mount the vfat
partition.

srinivas

/dev/hda4 is really the right partition and not the wrapper for a
Windoze-style >extended partition. Example:


/dev/hda2.

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<div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">I'd first check what fdisk /dev/hda comes up with. Be sure that
/dev/hda4 is really the right partition and not the wrapper for a
Windoze-style extended partition. Example:

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 261 2096451 6 FAT16
/dev/hda2 262 9750 76220392+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda4 9751 10011 2096482+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda5 262 9750 76220361 7 HPFS/NTFS

In the above case the real NTFS partition would be /dev/hda5 and not
/dev/hda2.

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