Oh I have no problem with the hda1,2,3; hdb1,2,3; etc. It is the weird
names I have which are win_c; win_c2; followed by win_b and then win_b2,
etc. That seems really weird and I cannot figure their logic. . But it is
OK. I got a handle on it now.
Thanks.
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user 183185
----- Original Message -----
From: Jörgen Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Names of win partitions - logic?
> Hi there
> This is one thing that i donīt like with Mandrake,
> this way of guessing what fat16,fat32 partition is called what under
dos/windows
>
> what i can remember is that it dos like windows
> DOS_hda1 is the first primary partition on the first harddrive
> DOS_hda5 is the first extended partition on the first harddrive if it is
fatXX
> DOS_hdb1 is the first primary partition on the second harddrive
>
> to change this you need to to like this
> say for instance that you have a /mnt/DOS_hda1 and that this one is linked
to a
> KDE icon of DOS_hda1
> rename the KDE icon to what ever you want
> and open a konsole unmount the fat partition as root with
> $ umount /mnt/DOS_hda1
> $ mv /mnt/DOS_hda1 /mnt/what ever you want
> then for this to be permanet edit /etc/fstab
> and change the line thatīs ref. to this partition to the old mount point
> then mount it again
> $ mount /mnt/what ever you want
>
> Hop this helpīs you all
>
> Jeff Malka wrote:
>
> > I changed the names of their icons on my KDE desktop, but thast name
does
> > not stick when I am using say MC or something else. How do you "hook
the
> > FSTAB entries back to /mnt/c /mnt/d etc."? :-) (Newbie here)
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Registered Linux user 183185
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Linux Newbie Mandrake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 6:59 AM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Names of win partitions - logic?
> >
> > > I don't know if there is some logic behind it. In the previous version
the
> > > dirs were called DOS_hda1, DOS_hda2 etc. Since most people seem to
> > > migrating away from Windoze, it is more obvious and clear to people to
> > > name the FATxx drives to something recognizable. I mean, how many
fulltime
> > > Win9x users understand the principle of DOS? Command windows...
commands
> > > that are not a click away but you have to TYPE them in by HAND??
> > >
> > > I think this is something that Mandrake just decided on. The first
thing
> > > that I do after an upgrade is check what they came up with, and hook
the
> > > FSTAB entries back to /mnt/c /mnt/d etc.
> > >
> > > Paul
>
> --
> /Jugge Johansson
> Linux To The People
>
>
>
