Reading FAT32 under Linux

[James Knott]

Rubeus wrote:
> I recently have installed SUSE Pro onto my computer replacing windows. I
> have a separate 60 gig drive that contains all my media files and backups
> saved in the windows FAT32 format. I installed the HD into my computer but
> SUSE was unable read the file format. It recognized the drive but not the
> file format.  I had this same problem under Red 7.2. Is there anyway I can
> get Linux to recognize the file format without changing it from fat32?
> 
> My goal is to place this computer onto my network and have other window
> machines be able to access the 60 gig HD on the Linux computer in addition
> to the Linux being able to read the drive.

I have a FAT32 partition on my notebook computer, which both Red Hat 7.3 
& SuSE 9.0 have been able to access without any problems.  What sort of 
error messages are you getting?  Is it properly specified in /etc/fstab?
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