Alan, umask=0 works! I didn't know it was possible for regular users to access FAT till now. Thanks. Seve -----Original Message----- From: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, May 06, 2000 1:46 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Writing to Windows Partition as Linux user >Michael....(as root) add the below option to the options in >the line listing your dos partition in your /etc/fstab file. > >umask=0 > >Alan > > >"Michael A. Kellogg" wrote: >> >> Hi Folks! Gotta a question . . . >> >> I really enjoy Mandrake 7.0 a great deal. Because some of my apps are still >> Windows based, I still have a dos partition on my drive. I can bring it up in >> LInux but am unable to write to it. Anyone know how I could enable the >> partition to write? Thanks! >> Mike > >
