Robert Sheskin wrote:
>
> Steve Philp wrote:
>
> > Robert Sheskin wrote:
> > >
> > > Steve Philp wrote:
> > >
> > > > First, make sure that the Windows partition is listed in /etc/fstab. I
> > > > believe Mandrake does this by default.
> > > >
> > > > Second, in KDE, right-click on the desktop. Select New->Filesystem
> > > > Device. Give it a name (keep the .kdelnk part at the end) that will
> > > > show up on the desktop. Click OK.
> > > >
> > > > Third, right-click on the icon that is created, select Properties.
> > > > Select the Device tab. Into the top entry box, enter the partition name
> > > > of the Windows partition (/dev/hda1, for example). You may want to
> > > > change the icons (at the bottom) since the default ones are pretty
> > > > meaningless.
> > > >
> > > > Finally, double-click on the desktop icon and it should auto-magically
> > > > mount the partition and open a file manager window for you. To unmount
> > > > the partition, simply right-click on the icon and select Unmount.
> > > >
> > > > That's it!
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Steve Philp
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > I tried all of the above to no avail. My first drive (Windows boot) is
> > > fat32 but in the /etc/fstab file the drive is listed as follows:
> > > /dev/hda / vfat user,exec,dev,suid,rw 1 1
> > > I would think that there would be a distinction between fat16 and fat32.
> > > When clicking on the created icon I get :
> > > Could not mount
> > > mount: /dev/hda already mounted or /busy
> > > mount: according to mtab, /dev/hdb5 is already mounted on/
> > > Again thanks for the help.
> >
> > Well, there are a couple problems here. First, I don't know if you
> > hand-typed the /etc/fstab info into this message, but you really don't
> > want the whole drive listed as the partition. You'll probably need a
> > number after that hda (something like /dev/hda1, /dev/hda2, etc).
> >
> > Second, you don't want to mount your windows drive as the root (/). You
> > need to create a mountpoint for it (I use /mnt/windows) and change the
> > "/" to "/mnt/windows".
> >
> > The incorrect mountpoint is causing the second mount error.
> >
> > So, edit /etc/fstab and clean up the definitions and all should be fine.
> >
> > --
> > Steve Philp
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I made the suggested changes and it changed the error message to mount: mount
> point /mnt/windows does not exist. I also have a directory named 1 on the
> drive, I tried pointing there and got the same result.
Well, you missed part of the instructions, I guess. The paragraph that
starts "Second," said to create a mount point for it.
I see from another message that you've gotten it all setup so I won't
worry about going through the rest of it.
--
Steve Philp
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