Can not move directory within FAT32 file-system

ronggui ronggui.huang at gmail.com
Fri Feb 9 08:29:21 UTC 2007


Sorry, That's my typing  mistake. The problem is still there.

[MyBSD] /media/wine# mkdir 1
[MyBSD] /media/wine# mkdir 2
[MyBSD] /media/wine# mv 1 2
mv: rename 1 to 2/1: Not a directory
[MyBSD] /media/wine#


On 2/9/07, nicky <nicky at valuecare.nl> wrote:
> ronggui wrote:
> > Hello, all.
> >
> > I am new to FreeBSD. I got my first question with FAT32 file-system.
> > It seems quite strange. I install FreeBSD 6.2 in my asus notebook.
> > When I mount windows file system, I cannot move directory even if  as
> > root.
> >
> > mount_msdosfs /dev/ad0s6 /mnt
> > mkdir /mnt/1
> > mkdir /mnt2
> > mv /mnt/1 /mnt/2
> >
> > The last step will complain " not a directory". But the same steps
> > work in my old pc. Thanks very much.
> >
> Perhaps if you do
>
> mkdir /mnt/2
>
> instead of
>
> mkdir /mnt2
>
> Greetz.
>
> --
> Nicky Bulthuis
> ValueCare BV
> Oudlaan 4
> 3515 GA  Utrecht
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> E-mail: n.bulthuis at valuecare.nl
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>
>
>


-- 
Ronggui Huang
Department of Sociology
Fudan University, Shanghai, China
黄荣贵
复旦大学社会学系


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