Thanks I will give it a try the windows partition is on hda1
Jeanette
----- Original Message -----
From: Nick Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] mounting FAT partitions
> At 07:48 14/04/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Steve how can I make my windows fat partition mount and unmount
> >automatically on start up and shut down. I know you have to add
something
> >to fstab can you show me what to add, thanks my mount point is /dos and I
am
> >using the -tvfat but tired of mounting and unmounting it manually each
time
> >TIA,
> >Jeanette
>
> If you put
>
> /dev/{whatever} /dos vfat defaults 1 2
>
> in /etc/fstab, that should do it.
> (I had to guess at what partions your windows is on - hence the
{whatever} )
>
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>
> May the fish be with you.
>
> nick@nexnix
>
