MFSTools - Cannot Mount FAT32 Filesystem

[randalfuller]

I have MFS Tools 2.0 and I'm attempting to backup a dual-drive Sony SAT-T60. I have the Tivo A and B drives attached as primary master and slave and I have a 80 GB drive running Windows ME as the secondary master with the CD-ROM as secondary slave.

I boot up into Linux and all appears fine. I see all my drives. Then, I attempt to "mount /dev/hdc /mnt/dos" and I get a "you must specify the filesystem type" error message. Adding the -v switch to the mount command, I see that all the pertinent filesystem types were attempted, namely vfat.

I'm at a dead end with this as I thought that the FAT32 filesystem was what was required so that the Linux OS could access it.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

[funtoupgrade]

If hdc is your FAT32 drive you need to tell Linux which partition nomber to look for. Try mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt/dos. This assumes that the first partition on hdc is FAT32.

[lessd]

I have MFS Tools 2.0 and I'm attempting to backup a dual-drive Sony SAT-T60. I have the Tivo A and B drives attached as primary master and slave and I have a 80 GB drive running Windows ME as the secondary master with the CD-ROM as secondary slave.

I boot up into Linux and all appears fine. I see all my drives. Then, I attempt to "mount /dev/hdc /mnt/dos" and I get a "you must specify the filesystem type" error message. Adding the -v switch to the mount command, I see that all the pertinent filesystem types were attempted, namely vfat.

I'm at a dead end with this as I thought that the FAT32 filesystem was what was required so that the Linux OS could access it.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

To mount your Dos issue mount -t vfat /dev/hdc1 /mnt/dos assuming your dos is in the first partition of drive c, if you are using the newest boot disk don't use the word mnt mount -t vfat /dev/hdc1 /dos

Hopes this helps

[randalfuller]

Thanks folks. That took care of the issue. I didn't realize I had to indicate the partition but it was that simple. This wasn' something I found in any of my Linux books so I was stumped.

Thanks.

Randy