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Re: Forcing mount to use a particular file system type



> Did you install the package dosfstools from apt?
Yes, it's the newest version.

> I don't think it is installed in a default debian install and that has all
> the extras needed to mount fat32.
Mount combines FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 under the type "vfat".

> I don't think mount cares too much about the partition type in fdisk if you
> specifically pass it the filesystem type using the -t option.
Hmm, did that with "mount -t vfat /dev/sda3 /mnt/test" ...

> What is the partition type showing up as in fdisk?
"sfdisk -l" gives as the type: W95 FAT32 (LBA)


Thanks,

// Oliver


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