Setup Fat16/32 Partions

#!/bin/bash
# this script checks for vfat partions and adds mount points to them in fstab 
# with ownership given to the primary user (eg. 500)
# the partions will be mounted automatically on boot
# superuser privelages are required to run this script

first_letter=143 # letter 'c'
last_letter=172 # letter 'z'
cur_letter=$first_letter
gid=500
uid=500

for device in $(/sbin/fdisk -l | awk '/FAT32/ { print $1 }');
do
  echo -ne "Adding drive \\$cur_letter" ":"
  drive_path=$(echo -e "/mnt/drive\\$cur_letter")
  echo -e $device "    "  "$drive_path" "  vfat    rw,auto,uid=$uid,gid=$gid       0 0" >> /etc/fstab
  mkdir $drive_path
  echo "                    [  OK  ]"
  if [[ $cur_letter < $last_letter ]]
  then
    ((cur_letter++))
  fi
done

http://www.pembo13.com/scripts/bash/setup-vfat.sh

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