On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 01:43 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote: > >does fdisk agree that it's a Fat volume? What type? > > > > > umount: /dev/hda1: not mounted > [root at localhost ~]# fdisk -l /dev/hda > > Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30020272128 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3649 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 3649 29310561 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > > >and I sort of agree with someone else's previous suggestion to see if > >you can mount it from command line first before trying to mount via > >fstab. > > > I tried exactly as they said, and got the same error anyway: > [root at localhost ~]# mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1, > or too many mounted file systems ---- try without '-t vfat' and it will attempt to figure out the type by itself. This is a dual-boot machine and boots into Windows from hda1? does Windows -> Start -> Settings -> Control Panels -> Administrative Options -> Event Viewer -> System logs report anything on hard drive? Craig