Mounting a FAT32 hard drive.

[Gilligan518]

I have Fedora running but I cannot access my hdb (hdb1) hard drive. I see it located as /dev/hdb but how do I get to it.


2nd question. I have XMMS installed but I'll be snockered if I can find it to use. It's not on menu list. Does it play MP3's?

TIA

[ieuuk]

I have Fedora running but I cannot access my hdb (hdb1) hard drive. I see it located as /dev/hdb but how do I get to it.

what version of fedora core you running? i think it should mount itself to /mnt/(something). To make sense of what is going on try installing webmin (http://www.webmin.com) this is a web interface for linux and allows you to configure all aspects of a system from one easy interface.


2nd question. I have XMMS installed but I'll be snockered if I can find it to use. It's not on menu list. Does it play MP3's?

TIA

look at: http://www.fedorafaq.org/#xmms-mp3

[Gilligan518]

what version of fedora core you running? i think it should mount itself to /mnt/(something). To make sense of what is going on try installing webmin (http://www.webmin.com) this is a web interface for linux and allows you to configure all aspects of a system from one easy interface.



look at: http://www.fedorafaq.org/#xmms-mp3

Core 3

DLing webmin as I type. Thanks

[SuperNu]

Xmms is under Sound & Video -> Audio Player. The version of xmms that ships with FC3 doesn't play mp3's by default. You have to download the approprite plugin. Freshrpms.net (http://www.freshrpms.net) has the mp3 plugin (freshrpms.net/rpm/xmms), but I don't know if they have an x86_64 version or not. If they don't then just rebuild the source rpm.

To mount a fat 32 drive, you must be root. From the command line, make a directory under /mnt called windows or whatever you like. Then type mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows. If that works, then you can add an entry to /etc/fstab so your fat 32 drive will be mounted at system boot. You might have to play around with the options to get users other than root read/write access. Just search the messageboard for mount fat 32 drive and you will find a lot of help.

--SN

[ieuuk]

webmin will just allow you to set it all up fine and who you want to allow access to it, whether it mounts at boot etc.

[Gilligan518]

Core 3

DLing webmin as I type. Thanks


UPDATE: dled webmin and had it opened but I cannot find it anywere. Also installed XMMS but it does not show up on menu (under Sound & video). Only program that has installed is RealPlayer 10. It's ok but I miss being able to play a bunch of songs.

And I wish I could get KDE to run. Oh well. :) I do like what I see tho.

[kosmosik]

http://fedoranews.org/contributors/konrad_kosmowski/fat/

[imdeemvp]

Fedoranews has great how and here a simple how to. (http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=30556)