On Sat, 2004-10-02 at 20:16, Paul wrote: > By the looks of fstab, /dev/hdb1 and /dev/hdc1 aren't explicitly used. > That's not to say that they're not in use. A quick and simple way to > test if they are mounted is to open a terminal window (redhat -> system- > tools -> terminal), su, umount /dev/hdb1. If it doesn't report an error, > the drive is not mounted. If it does report an error, then FC has > swallowed it and is using it invisibly. > > If it's not mounted, create a mount point (cd /; mkdir shared - you'll > need to be root for that though). Edit /etc/fstab so it has the line > > /dev/hdb1 /shared ext3 noauto,user,exec,kudzu 0,0 > > That will then be mountable and you set your shares to there. You should > see my fstab for a nightmare ;-p IMHO a better way to sort out what file systems have been mounted is to use the command: df -vh That should tell you which devices are mounted, where they are mounted, and how much space is available and used. Compare that with the output of fdisk -l and you should have a complete picture of what partitions have been defined and which ones have been formatted and mounted. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." -- Bernard Berenson