Am So, den 12.12.2004 schrieb Jim um 19:09:
> i tried to mount the hard drive and i get this message
> [jim@My_World ~]$ mount /dev/hdb1
> mount: can't find /dev/hdb1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
> [jim@My_World ~]$
If there is no corresponding fstab entry then the mount command must be
complete. As the manpage says:
The standard form of the mount command, is
mount -t type device dir
> i opened the fstab file using
> [jim@My_World ~]$ vi fstab
>
> the file is empty
1) You have not enough permissions to edit the fstab as you are not root
or using sudo
2) You are not in the /etc directory nor giving the complete path to the
file.
> the man pages are making me more confused
> or should i be opening ther fstab file under root ?
Yes, you must have root permissions to edit the /etc/fstab.
> James Lawrence
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