historian wrote: > fstab entry > /dev/hdb1 /Music auto noauto,user,rw,umask=0000 > (same for the other fat32 mounts that work normally except windows) David Liguori queried: > Don't you need -t vfat, or some such? No: mount will try various filesystems, and work out that this filesystem will mount as vfat. It's rather useful for floppies and USB sticks, which tend to be used for file interchange and come with some sort of FAT filesystem on them, but which can also be given native Linux filesystems. James. -- James Wilkinson | A woodpigeon would, If a woodpigeon could, Exeter Devon UK | But a woodpigeon can't, So it won't. E-mail address: james | A woodpigeon could, If a woodpigeon would, @westexe.demon.co.uk | But a woodpigeon doesn't want to. So it doesn't.