name of file system : "unknown filesystem type 'FAT32"

Cameron Simpson cs at zip.com.au
Sun Dec 21 23:38:12 UTC 2014


On 21Dec2014 18:50, Angelo Moreschini <mrangelo.fedora at gmail.com> wrote:
>"-t vfat"  worked... [?]
>
>[angelo_user at zorro ~]$ sudo mount --type vfat /dev/sde1 /media/tmp_USB1
>[angelo_user at zorro ~]$ ls -l /media/tmp_USB1
>
>*So, vfat include FAT32..*.
>
>Thank you very much .
>
>But,  ....how I can know -in general- things like this ..?
>
>Can you give me a link to a such documentation?

It is on your system. Run the command:

  man 8 mount

and see the types available for "-t" option.

The "general" part of this advice is that: you're using the "mount" command, so 
read the "mount" manual entry!

("mount" is an administrative command, so it is in section 8, not section 1.)

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au>


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