Tim wrote: > Jame Dobbs: >>> fstab entries I propose to use are of the following form: >>> >>> /dev/hda1 /mnt/WinC ntfs user,ro,umask=000 0 0 >>> /dev/hdb5 /mnt/WinD vfat user,rw,umask=000 0 0 > > Timothy Murphy: >> Why not just say (as root) >> mount /dev/hdb5 /mnt ? > > Probably because they're mounting two partitions, not one. ;-) Personally, I never try to mount my NTFS partition; if I want to read or write a Windows file, I put it on the VFAT drive. In fact, that is the only reason I have a VFAT partition. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
