Re: file from dos to linux

[irvine <irvine.russell@edu.hel.fi>]

	As pointed out by others inorder to mount a Dos partition you 
need to use the command:

	mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /MY_MOUNT_POINT 


Where 'MY_MOUNT_POINT' is the directory on which you want to mount 
the partition. Of course, if the partition is really just a Dos 
partition you can use 

mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /MY_MOUNT_POINT
or
mount -t auto  /dev/hda1 /MY_MOUNT_POINT

but I don't think that the vfat option does any harm.


	Someone claimed that you need the VFAT support "compiled into your 
kernel".You need not go this far. With Debian you need only load the kernel 
module for vfat. Execute the command :

	modconf	and then choose

	fs		and then scroll down the page, choose

	vfat		and then exit.

After this you should be able to mount a windows/Dos partition.

T:Irvine