[Techtalk] Problem's mounting a window's filesystem?

[Stratis Aftousmis]

> Stratis Aftousmis wrote:
>> Hello! I have a bunch of '.bmp' file's on a cdrw disk that was burned
>> in window's (FAT32). I tryed mounting it, it mounted fine, i then
>> proceeded to 'cp' to file's to a destination directory. It froze, I
>> then opened another console to fine one of the file's had been copyed,
>> but on the other console it was still frozen. I waited 5 minute's
>> before trying to kill the process, no go , I ended up having to reboot
>> (bad idea?). It had to perform a check of the root partition. Now when
>> i try to mount it, it freeze's. I hope that's enough information for a
>> diagnosis, and any help would appreaciated!
>
> My SWAG would be that the FAT32 code in Linux can't handle it being a
> CD-ROM.  My next two SWAGs are to try and mount the drive explicitly
> read-only, and if that doesn't work, "dd" the CD-ROM to a partition and
> then mount the filesystem that way.
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Those are some fine SWAG's. (what is a SWAG? ;))
I will try both. Thank's for the reply's!

stratis.

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