mkdir /mnt/<meaningful_name>
mount -t <nfs or ext2 etc> /dev/hda8 /mnt/<meaningful_name>
your data should be in /mnt/<meaningful_name>
from memory...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rainer
> Sent: 14 October 2002 15:48
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] Mounting a filesystem ...
>
>
> hello,
>
> i've got mandrake set up on hdb1 and i would like to access a debian
> partition on hda8. looked at the control center and was somewhat
> perplexed by
> th options for mountpoint, i was under the impression it should
> be /mnt ... .
> tried to edit fstab by adding the info and that didn't work.
> obviously i'm
> missing something. tried to access debian from redhat (hda6) and
> got the same
> message, 'mount point does not exist' . also at boot and shutdown i got a
> message something like, 'no new endfile'. any help would be appreciated.
> thanks.
>
>


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