Re: A simple question about mount command

[ABrady <xunil kc rr com>]

On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 22:01:20 -0500
"Manuel Tejada" <mantemu terra com pe> wrote:

> Hi
> I am new in Linux area.
> I have a single disk. In the primary partition Window ME. In an
> extended partition(RedHat 7.3 in a logical partition and Fat32 in
> another logical partition).
> My question is: To mount the partition vfat(Windows ME or logical
> partition fat32) in Linux, Do I need to make room of the same size in
> Linux partition? I hesitate to mount vfat partition because either one
> (Windows ME or logical fat 32) is larger then my Linux partition.
> Any comment will be accepted.

No. It won't take any room on the linux installation. It only requires
a mount point in linux. And once mounted, it shows as a different
partition mounted when using the 'df' command.

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