On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> | Edit your /etc/fstab and put "user" in the tags for your
> | Windows partition, but I advise against doing that and just
> | use the "mtools" (mcopy, mdel, etc.) to manipulate files on
> | the Fat32 partition.
>
> That's interesting - I had never thought of using mtools for this
> (only for floppies). Why would you prefer using mtools over mounting
> the partition?
>
Mtools are for dealing with dos files. Period. Not just
floppies. You'll still need to mount the partition, you
just won't be able to write to it as a non-priv user.
John
