Mount Partitions

[danbo]

i went into the terminal and done:

"su root"
"password : ?????"

"mount /dev/hda4 /mnt/hdd"

it then told me that the "/mnt/hdd" wasn't a mounted partition

why is this and how can i sort it ?

[crippler909]

now im not an expert but i ran into something similar last week

there is a /mnt/hdd for it to mount to right?

other than that, not sure, but start simple eh?

[danbo]

no there is no /mnt/hdd..... i thought that when it is mounted the terminal will create that directory..... how do i create that directory ?

i have tried mkdir /mnt/hdd but that didn't work

Edit: Would i possibly need to done this:

mount -t vfat /dev/hda4 /mtn/hdd

so that will will mount the fat partition (i am trying to mount a windows partition so that i can access the winnt dir through linux)

[crippler909]

as far as i know you need to have /mnt/hdd because it mounts the drive inside /mnt/hdd

as root you should be able to do /mnt/hdd

[genlee]

You cannot mount anything to a directory that does not exist. Also make sure you are using the correct fs type as vfat will not work if the partition is ntfs.

[danbo]

thankx for your help people, its done now. i did:

mkdir /mnt/hdd
mount /dev/hda4 /mnt/hdd

[yowwww]

right and if you want it to be there every time you start linux, you would add this line to your /etc/fstab

/dev/hda4 /mnt/hdd vfat

as long as it's fat32

[Dolda2000]

Actually, that would be like this.
/dev/hda4 /mnt/hdd vfat defaults 0 0

Otherwise, mount will complain over the file format.

[yowwww]

the command that I listed worked for me, but I guess it doesn't hurt to add more specifics if you want.