Darren Osadchuk wrote:
>
> If the reason I'm encountering this problem at start-up is
> because, after formatting the drive in Windows, Linux doesn't
> know the filesystem type, my follow-up question would be:
> how do I get past the error (which causes the boot to
> stop in its tracks) to be able to make the necessary change?
While using 'mount', declare the msdos file system type.
I think you mentioned using redhat - I'm using Debian, I can't
tell you the exact command, sorry.
To make it permanent, /etc/fstab holds the configuration
for your mount table - I think it's 'file system table' all
shortened up. :)
> I would prefer it if Linux could read the partition, since I was
> thinking of using that as a shared space for things like mp3s,
> etc. that I'd like to be able to access from both OSs.
That's fair. :)
Jenn V.
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