Hi,
i have created a logical partition of FAT type where i have copied all my data… i want to mount it i am using the following cmd:
mount -t vFAT /dev/sda7/mnt/data
but it is temporary mounting
i would like to do permanent mounting do suggest some help
You need to put the entry in the /etc/fstab file.
Make sure that you back up that file first before doing it.
The file has a simple format and each line belongs to one mount point entry.
Man page for this is simple to follow:
man fstab
In your post, you used vFAT. It is wrong, it must be in small letters. If you want, you can put the filesystem type as auto so that it will auto-detect.
edit fstab like this from a terminal
kdesu kwrite /etc/fstab
or in gnome
gnomesu gedit /etc/fstab
add this line
/dev/dsa7 /mnt/data vfat users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8 0 0
see this too
FSTAB - Editing Manually - openSUSE Forums