On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 01:14, Peter Cague wrote: > Hi > > I followed the instructions as per ntfs drives and did all the command > line stuff and they worked fine but when I put the command lines into my > fstab the come up as bad lines > > LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults > 1 1 > none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 > 0 0 > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults > 0 0 > LABEL=/home /home ext3 defaults > 1 2 > none /proc proc defaults > 0 0 > none /sys sysfs defaults > 0 0 > LABEL=/usr /usr ext3 defaults > 1 2 > /dev/hdb5 swap swap defaults > 0 0 > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 > noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto > noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 Command line syntax WILL NOT work in fstab. Follow the fstab syntax. > /dev/hda1 /mnt/Windoz -t ntfs -r -o unmask=0222 > /dev/hda2 /mnt/Bits -t ntfs -r -o unmask=0222 > /dev/hda1 /mnt/Windoz ntfs noauto,users,ro 0 0 This will allow any user to mount the filesystem, with full permissions, read only, and will not automatically mount it at boot time.. Did you not notice the extreme difference between the lines you added and the structure of the original fstab lines above? man fstab for the full information on what options are available and the format required for each line. > if I run the two above lines at the prompt they work? > > Cheers > Pete >
