Mount fat32 partition

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Nicolas Fortin wrote:

> Hi Bob,
>
> Thank you for you quick answer, I really appreciate it. It seems that -t
> option is mandatory. I typed "mount  /dev/hda8 /mnt/win" and I got this
> message : "mount : you must specify the filesystem type".

that -t option is not *always* mandatory.  as i recall, the mount 
command should be smart enough to recognize ext? filesystems, as well 
as DOS and ISO9660, without any help.

are you saying it needs help with a vfat filesystem?  that surprises 
me.

rday