[COLUG] Help with vfat!

[Glenn Amerine]

George Byrd writes:
 > Ok, I logged back into Linux and my previously created files were still 
 > there...  So, they're invisible to windows?  Hmm, I wonder how that 
 > works and how windows accounts for the missing space in the fat?  Is 
 > there a way to make these files visible to windows?  Am I missing 
 > something obvious?
 > 
 > Thanks very much for any possible help...
 > 
 > George Byrd wrote:
 > 
 > >Hi All,
 > >
 > >I can't figure this one out and am having trouble finding an answer on
 > >internet, but I can't be the only one who's had this problem...
 > >
 > >I have my laptop partitioned into
 > >
 > >LinuxSwap/Linux(ext3)/WinXP(NTFS)/SharedData(vfat)
 > >
 > >I have Mandrake Linux 10 Beta 2 with kernel 2.6.2.
 > >
 > >When I am in Linux, I can access the SharedData partition, which was
 > >formatted by windows and is a fat 32/vfat partition.  As a user in
 > >Linux, it appears I can create and delete files and directories.  All
 > >files in the vfat partition are owned by root:root.  However, the
 > >permissions for every file in the vfat partition are rwxrwxrwx.
 > >
 > >When I boot back into windows, however, the files and directories seem
 > >to disappear.  Where is Linux writing these files?  Into some kind of
 > >RAM disk?  
 > >Are the files simply invisible to windows?  I need to go back and check
 > >if they're still there when I reboot into Linux...  brb

What does your fdisk output look like and what are your mount
parameters?

Glenn