Reading FAT32 partitions under Linux

[AcousticJS]

Hi all Linux people :smile:

When my new hard drive gets here (80GB Maxtor :thumb:), I'm going to be installing Linux onto the old hard disk. I'd like to be able to write to the partition that will store my ripped CDs from Linux. Mostly because I prefer grip to any Windows rippers.

Realising that it's easier to access Windows partitions from Linux than the other way around, it would make more sense to have the Ogg Vorbis files on a Windows partition. I know enough to know that Linux can't write to NTFS, but can it definitely write to FAT32?

Also, does anyone know if you can setup multiple partitions on a hard disk as part of the Windows 2000 install routine? I've only had a 10GB drive til now, so I've never needed to worry about partitioning in Windows...

Cheers
Jon

[yxboom]

AcousticJS:

Realising that it's easier to access Windows partitions from Linux than the other way around, it would make more sense to have the Ogg Vorbis files on a Windows partition. I know enough to know that Linux can't write to NTFS, but can it definitely write to FAT32?

Go into Windows installer and designate the first partition to Windows (about 2-4Gb is sufficient for installing the OS) and create any additional partitions you want to run off the Windows OS, then leave the rest of the drive unpartitioned then when you are in Lilo just setup the remaining partitions for your Linux OS and designate it to Fat32.


Also, does anyone know if you can setup multiple partitions on a hard disk as part of the Windows 2000 install routine? I've only had a 10GB drive til now, so I've never needed to worry about partitioning in Windows...

Yes just boot up to Windows 2000 installer. make sure you install windows first cause it gets funky otherwise.

[$cirisme]

Yes, you can mount and read/write to Fat32 partitions with Linux just fine...

[Em7add11]

Win2k can make partitions during install and most (all?) Linux installs can too.

You can even configure Linux to automount the Windows partition so it's automatically available to you after you log in. Just put an entry in the /etc/fstab file for it.

[AcousticJS]

Cheers guys

Hopefully my drive will arrive tomorrow. Then I get to play...

God bless
Jon

[CobraA1]

Mount should detect the partition type correctly, and in my experience Linux works quite well with FAT32 - in fact, it's my primary method of transferring information between Linux and Windows.

If, for some odd reason, it doesn't detect it as FAT, try mount -t vfat