thx,
that worked perfectly.
i really thot fstab was a program, lol
i guess, now looking back on it, i was thinking about
fdisk, that is a prog.
anyway all is well now.
Mike
--- Jim <
jnantz2@216-19-216-108.getnet.net> wrote:
> The file fstab is in the /etc directory. You have
> to open it in a text
> editor and make the changes.
>
> --
> Del Boy for President.
> http://www.ofah.net
>
> On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, mike hoy wrote:
>
> > I can't seem to get fstab to work. What do you
> type
> > exactly?
> >
> > I've tried :
> >
> > root@slackware:~# fstab
> > -bash: fstab: command not found
> > root@slackware:~# cd /etc
> > root@slackware:/etc# fstab
> > -bash: fstab: command not found
> > root@slackware:/etc# fstab /dev/hda3
> > -bash: fstab: command not found
> > root@slackware:/etc# fstab --help
> > -bash: fstab: command not found
> > root@slackware:/# whereis fstab
> > fstab: /etc/fstab /usr/include/fstab.h
> > /usr/man/man5/fstab.5.gz
> > /usr/share/man/man5/fstab.5.gz
> > root@slackware:/# cd /usr/include
> > root@slackware:/usr/include# fstab
> > -bash: fstab: command not found
> > root@slackware:/usr/include# cd /
> > root@slackware:/# cd usr/share/man/man5/
> > root@slackware:/usr/share/man/man5# fstab
> > -bash: fstab: command not found
> > root@slackware:/usr/share/man/man5#
> >
> > -Mike
> > --- Jim <jnantz2@216-19-216-108.getnet.net> wrote:
> >
> > > You'll need to put that partition in your
> /etc/fstab
> > > file. Here's part of
> > > mine.
> > >
> > >
> > > /dev/hda5 swap swap
> > > defaults 0 0
> > > /dev/hda1 / ext3
> > > defaults 1 1
> > > /dev/hdb1 /home ext2 defaults
> 1
> > > 1
> > >
> > > You should add to your /etc/fstab something like
> > > this.
> > >
> > > /dev/hda3 /mnt/localbackup ext2 defaults
> > > 1 1
> > >
> > > /dev/hda3 is the partition you're talking about.
> > > /mnt/localbackup is where you want it mounted.
> > > ext2 is the file system type. If you formatted
> the
> > > partition as ext3,
> > > you'll need to put that in. If you formatted
> the
> > > partition so windows
> > > could read and write to it, you'll need to put
> vfat
> > > as the partition type.
> > >
> > > I believe defaults means the partition is
> mounted
> > > with the default
> > > settings for that partition type. Maybe someone
> > > else can shed some more
> > > light on this.
> > >
> > > You're right about logging in as root. You
> could do
> > > a lot of damage to
> > > your system.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Del Boy for President.
> > > http://www.ofah.net
> > >
> > > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, mike hoy wrote:
> > >
> > > > hi all,
> > > >
> > > > i recently formmatted some unused space on my
> hdd.
> > > and
> > > > couldn't see it in linux, as i expected, by
> > > default.
> > > > so i tried the following.
> > > > mkdir /mnt/localbackup
> > > > mount -t /dev/hda3 /mnt/localbackup
> > > >
> > > > it made the dir and after mounting the hda3
> > > partition
> > > > was finally able to access it
> > > >
> > > > but i have to mount it each time i reboot. i
> > > suspect
> > > > you all know how to make this so i can always
> > > access
> > > > the partition, when i setup slackware it made
> hda1
> > > > (windoze.vfat.partition) always mounted.
> > > >
> > > > and i always log in as root so permissions
> don't
> > > seem
> > > > to be an issue. oh and by the way I know that
> in
> > > > theory i should not be using root user for
> normal
> > > > everyday usage...
> > > >
> > > > mike!
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