Try vfat for a file type instead of msdos. I used that under rhat 6.2 when I had nt running fat on the other partition. > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org > [SMTP:tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org] > Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 12:16 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: tclug-list digest, Vol 1 #598 - 1 msg > > Send tclug-list mailing list submissions to > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of tclug-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Large HD and VMWare's raw partitions (Subba Rao) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:09:32 +0000 > From: Subba Rao <subb3 at attglobal.net> > To: Twin Cities Linux <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: [TCLUG] Large HD and VMWare's raw partitions > Reply-To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > One of my Linux system has a slave disk which is 20GB. > > (0)root at myhost:/~# fdisk /dev/hdc > > The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 2646. > There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, > and could in certain setups cause problems with: > 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) > 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs > (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) > > Command (m for help) > > (0)root at myhost:~/ > > The disk partitions at the begining of the disk are Linux ext2 > filesystems. > Four partitions at the end of the disk are FAT16/msdos. The DOS partitions > have been defined in /etc/fstab but at bootup time, these file systems are > not getting mounted. I cannot even mount them manually. When I tried to > mount > them, > mount -t auto /dev/hdc5 /msdos > > then the filesystem is mounted as a ext2 filesystems. When I try to mount > them > as msdos filesystems, > > mount -t msdos /dev/hdc5 /msdos > > then the following message appears: > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc5, > or too many mounted file systems > > The goal is to create a raw partition for VMWare on the /dev/hdc5 > partition and > install NT over it rely on M$ systems. > > How can I create raw partitions for VMware on large HDs and mount them? > > Thank you in advance. > > Subba Rao > subb3 at attglobal.net > http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ > > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > End of tclug-list Digest