On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:17:55 +0000, James Wilkinson <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > spamse wrote: > > Also, I added a line to /etc/fstab to mount the drive, as I wanted it > > to mount automatically on boot, but this line does not seem to get > > executed (I was following instructions from a Red Hat site). Is this > > the right place to be putting the mount statement? > > (I don't think anyone's addressed this yet...) > > The fstab file doesn't work like that. > > It's not an executable file containing statements to be run. It's a list > of filesystems and the options they need to be automatically loaded (or > not). So you *can't* put a straight "mount" command into fstab. > > A typical fstab line might be > /dev/hda11 /media/data vfat defaults 0 0 > to mount the device hda11 on /media/data as a vfat (long filename > DOS-compatible) filesystem. The 0's tell mount that it shouldn't be > checked before booting, nor dumped to tape when backing up. (Both are > good options for vfat: you could experiment with "0 2" if you have > dosfstools installed). > > If you want to be able to write to the partition as a normal user, then > you can do something like this: > /dev/hda11 /media/data vfat defaults,dmask=0,fmask=111 0 0 > > Hope this clarifies things, > > James. > > -- > E-mail address: james | In the Royal Air Force a landing's OK, > @westexe.demon.co.uk | If the pilot gets out and can still walk away. > | But in the Fleet Air Arm the outlook is grim, > | If your landings are duff and you've not learnt to > | swim. > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > So if i switch to root open the fstab file and add this line /dev/hdb1 /mnt/disk2 vfat defaults,dmask=0,fmask=111 0 0 the next time i reboot it should auto mount the drive and allow me to rwx to the drive? -- James Lawrence NY
