On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 23:59 +0200, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: > Greetings Eric , > > Eric Beversluis wrote: > > I can't fine a graphical device in FC4 that lets me mount and set to > > mount automatically on boot my NTFS and FAT32 > > Well , i really doubt that there is graphical tool that will set Linux > to automount > an NTFS or a FAT32 partition . This work belongs to the file /etc/fstab . There was such on my Mandrake 10.1. I never had to try to edit fstab directly. (For why I switched to FC4 see: http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/pipermail/members/2006-March/015459.html ) > In /etc/fstab you put the partitions that you want to be mounted on boot . > > So first of all backup your /etc/fstab file . > Then open it with your favourite editor ( use a console and NEVER A GUI ) > and add a couple of lines that would look like the ones below > > /dev/hda1 /WinNTFSpartition NTFS defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda5 /WinFAT32partition FAT32 defaults 0 0 > > Now just save the file and reboot , such changes can't be applied > without a reboot . > > That's all . > > > Kind Regards, > Kostas I'll give it a try. Why not a gui text editor like gedit? Remember we're trying to make Linux usable by nongeeks. Someone tried to teach me vi once--aaaarrgh! EB >
