mount usb hd vfat logical partition problem?

[Onno-zel 0]

Hi there,

 

I want to mount a usb harddrive which is partitioned with a logical partition in windows. I get the error blabla (aren't you trying to mount an extended partition, instead of some logical partition inside? ) The answer is yes I think, but how do I mount this logical partition of the usb harddrive?

 

TNX in advance!!

 

Onno-zel

[blueworm 0]

To mount external usb Harddrive.

Code:

# mount -t vfat /dev/sdaX /mnt/wherever

 

X = 1-4 Primary partition. 5 or greater Logical partition.

 

What you most likely have is your first primary partition is a extended partition

which has been divided in logical partitions. so in this case your first partition

would be /dev/sda5.

 

to view partitions try

Code:

# fdisk /dev/sda

<p> to view actual partitions on disk.

[Onno-zel 0]

Thanks,

 

the number sda5 did the trick. I kept trying sda1 which did not work...

 

Onno-zel