IDE HD on both XP and Gentoo?

acidburn · Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 4:08 pm Post subject: IDE HD on both XP and Gentoo?

I know that Win XP and Gentoo both can recognize a fat32 formated harddrive. how do I set it up in gentoo? I know in fstab but what parameters would i use? i tried...

loisl · Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 4:19 pm Post subject:

Hai,
try "auto".
It works fine for me.

Example:
/dev/hda6 /Windows/H auto rw,user,noauto,nosuid,exec 0 0

Cheers,
Loisl

Little Nemo · Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 4:20 pm Post subject:

AFAIK you should use vfat for FAT32 partitions.

gazR · n00b Joined: 06 Dec 2003 Posts: 56

hi acidburn,

VFAT is the partition type to specify in fstab to mount a fat32 volume

however, by the looks of it, you setting your root partition ( / ) to fat32, that isn't really a good idea (if it works at all). you should definatley be using a linux native format for this partition!

I share several fat32 & ntfs partitions on my dual boot pc and mount them all in /mnt as /mnt/windows_c & /mnt/windows_d etc and that works well for me.

Gaz

Nate_S · Guru Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 414

No, having a vfat / is very bad if it even works because vfat doesn't support permissions.

tupperworx · Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 6:53 pm Post subject:

yeah, a vfat (fat32) partition as linux root isnt recommended, as like Nate_S and gazR said.

Better you follow the instruction guide at www.gentoo.org and use reiserfs or ext3 instead (for the / partition) and create (mkdir) a seperate /mnt/winxp directory and put afterwards a