Nigel Henry wrote: > I'm still using FC2 on a daily basis, but also have FC1, 3, 5, and 6 on this > machine. I fetch the email on FC2, and if someone has a question regarding > FC6 for example, it's nice to be able to post a bit of text from a config > file that's on FC6. > > I can create directories in /mnt with no problems, and add entries for the > partitions to /etc/fstab, but when I click on the desktop launcher for these > partitions I'm told that only root can mount them. > > I can mount them individually using. > # mount -t ext3 /dev/hdxx /mnt/hdxx > > What I am looking for is a script that I can run as root, which will mount all > the /, and /home partitions which I have already created directories for > in /mnt on FC2 for FC1,3,5, and 6. > > Much appreciation for any comments. > > Nigel. > If they are in /etc/fstab, then running "mount -a" should mount them, unless you are using the noauto option. If you want to be able to mount it as a user, add the user option. You may want to read the fstab and mount man pages. If you do not want to put rules in fstab for them, you could create a script something like: #!/bin/bash # # Mount partitions for other versions of FC. # mount -t ext3 /dev/hdxx /mnt/hdxx mount -t ext3 /dev/hdxx /mnt/hdxx and so forth for all the partitions you want to mount. I would change the names to /mnt/FC1, /mnt/FC3, etc... Also, if you have partitions for each os besides root, you can add a command to mount them in the proper place. mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb5 /mnt/FC6 mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/FC6/boot Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
