On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 03:18:10PM +0100, Goeman Stefan wrote: > Hello All, > > > >Formatting under linux doesn't include checking the partition > >(Windoze > >does this everytime). > >For FAT32 the actual "formatting" takes about 2 Seconds. > >Maybe you _did_ > >format the partition but expected it to take several minutes. > > > >Did you try and mount the partition? > > > >mount -t vfat /dev/hdc8 /mnt > > > >if that works and the partition is empty it _was_ formatted. > > > Yes indeed it takes only a few seconds. That surprised me. > So, indeed i tried to mount it (it work) cp a file to it. > Unmount and remount and the file is still there. > > So, I guess you are right. It is formatted. > > The problem is that when I reboot in WinNT, the partition is not > recognized WinNT says "E:\ is not accessible. The volume does not contain a > recognized file system. Please make sure ...". > So what can I do to make WinNT to recognize the partition?? > > Greetings, > Stefan >
For one thing, WinNT doesn't recognize FAT32 unless you get a third party driver for it.... Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
