Try the command this way
mount -t vfat /dev/hdax /mnt/dos (rw,user)
The user option may make it available to a user. I won't bet on it
though as I'd be suspcious about losing the setting if you logged out as
root and logged back in as user. My own preference would be to put the
necessary instructions in /etc/fstab so that this is taken care of
automatically by mounting it for you on bootup or at least making it
user mountable if not pre-mounted. You may also want to consider adding
the option 'conv=auto' in case you're dealing with plain text files.
The way DOS and Unix handle the end of a line are signifigantly
different to cause you a headache if you don't have the appropriate
changes made when moving the file from MSDOS to Linux or vice versa.
Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Schussman
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 11:46 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Opening Windows Files
>
>
> > mount -t vfat /dev/hdax /mnt/dos (replace hdax with the
> > device where your DOS partition is.)
>
> It works fine for me, with one exception: the directory to
> which I mount
> my windows partition is only writeable by root, even if I
> chmod it after I
> mount the partition. Has anybody experienced that?
>
> -Alan
>
>
