On 1/6/06, Donn <
dlshumway@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 1/6/06, Eric Shubes <plug@shubes.net> wrote:
> >
> > Josef Lowder wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > #3. I can't access my other partitions from the Mandriva
> > > boot. I also have Mepis and Xandros installed and
> > > with either of them or with the Knoppix LiveCD, I can
> > > access all the other partitions on my system, but
> > > with this new Mandriva 2006 installation, none of the
> > > other partitions show up in /mnt and I can't find any
> > > way to mount them.
> > >
> > I'm not familiar with Mandriva, so I can't be of much help. I'm
> > wondering, though, if maybe the other partitions are being mounted
> > somewhere else or not at all (I recall Fedora moving removable media
> > mounts (floppy, cdrom) from /mnt to /media at some point). Your
> > /etc/fstab file should tell you what it's doing, and allow you to
> > specify everything to do with mounts.
> > $ man mount
> > $ man fstab
> >
> > --
> > -Eric 'shubes'
> > "There is no such thing as the People;
> > it is a collectivist myth.
> > There are only individual citizens
> > with individual wills
> > and individual purposes."
> > -William E. Simon (1927-2000),
> > Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977)
> > "A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237
> >
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> Have you gone into 'Configure My Computer' (you need to enter the root
> password) and looked at (I think) Hardware, Partitions? This should show you
> all the partitions that were seen on install, regardless if they are mounted
> or not. If they are not mounted, it is a simple task to mount them by either
> using this tool or adding them manually to /etc/fstab.
>
> --
> Donn
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental
> illness."
> -- Dave Barry
One more thing. You have to be CAREFUL in the partition manager. It will LET
YOU DELETE and/or REFORMAT ANY PARTITION!
--
Donn
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental
illness."
-- Dave Barry
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