[newbie] recognizing Windows

2003-07-06 Thread Curt Tresenriter
hda1 (C:) wasn't connected during my last install, so I'm trying to get Linux to recognize it. I've created the /win_c: dir in /mnt and edited fstab and mtab with: /dev/hda8 /mnt/win_c: vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 and rebooted. Still when I click the win_c: icon in a file

Re: [newbie] recognizing Windows

2003-07-06 Thread Eric Huff
On 06 Jul 2003 12:39:18 -0500 Curt Tresenriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hda1 (C:) wasn't connected during my last install, so I'm trying to get Linux to recognize it. I've created the /win_c: dir in /mnt and edited fstab and mtab with: /dev/hda8 /mnt/win_c: vfat

Re: [newbie] recognizing Windows

2003-07-06 Thread Curt Tresenriter
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 13:01, Eric Huff wrote: On 06 Jul 2003 12:39:18 -0500 Curt Tresenriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hda1 (C:) wasn't connected during my last install, so I'm trying to get Linux to recognize it. I've created the /win_c: dir in /mnt and edited fstab and mtab with:

Re: [newbie] recognizing Windows

2003-07-06 Thread Charlie
quoting Curt Tresenriter; Sunday 06 July 2003 11:39 am: hda1 (C:) wasn't connected during my last install, so I'm trying to get Linux to recognize it. I've created the /win_c: dir in /mnt and edited fstab and mtab with: /dev/hda8 /mnt/win_c: vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0

Re: [newbie] recognizing Windows

2003-07-06 Thread Curt Tresenriter
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 13:01, Eric Huff wrote: On 06 Jul 2003 12:39:18 -0500 Curt Tresenriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hda1 (C:) wasn't connected during my last install, so I'm trying to get Linux to recognize it. I've created the /win_c: dir in /mnt and edited fstab and mtab with:

Re: [newbie] recognizing Windows

2003-07-06 Thread Curt Tresenriter
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 14:22, Charlie wrote: Just a couple quick thoughts Curt; fstab is an acronym for file system table and it's where the kernel and device managers get their instructions. It's static, as in it's always (theoretically) the same as when it's first built. mtab is the

Re: [newbie] recognizing Windows

2003-07-06 Thread Johan Scheepers
be added. Enjoy Johan ** - Original Message - From: Curt Tresenriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] recognizing Windows On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 13:01, Eric Huff wrote: On 06 Jul 2003 12:39:18 -0500

Re: [newbie] recognizing Windows

2003-07-06 Thread Curt Tresenriter
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 16:17, Johan Scheepers wrote: May I make some suggestions Before you change anything in fstab please make backup. The dir name in /mnt is win_c in this case - you can create any dir name you like - after install I usualy create my own dirs like win-hda1 , dos-hde1 ,

Re: [newbie] recognizing Windows

2003-07-06 Thread Charlie
quoting Curt Tresenriter; Sunday 06 July 2003 02:48 pm: whack Also; if the Windows drive (C:) is hda1 why did you add it as hda8? If you want to read the contents as a user instead of root it may help to add user in the fstab too. Not really on that BOOM! thing, but I did want to get