On 5 Jul 00, at 11:58, Paul Gray wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, TODD WITTER wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the info. I do have another question, though. I mounted
> > the cdrom like this:
> > mount /dev/cdrom
> > And off she goes!
> >
> > Then when I do the same for hda1 (where my C partition is) it says
> > permission denied -- but I'm doing this as root!
> >
>
> Permission denied is a bit strange, what exactly are you typing for the
> mount command? You can mount /mnt/cdrom because it's listed in your
> /etc/fstab, but more than likely /dev/hda1 is not.
>
> It should be something like:
>
> mount -t vfat -o rw /dev/hda1 /mnt/drivec
>
> [Assuming that the mount point /mnt/drivec exists]
>
When you say "assuming that the mount point /mnt/drivec exists",
do you mean whether or not I've created that as a directory? I
should mkdir /drivec or something? All this stuff makes my head
spin sometimes. :| I read and read and I still feel lost sometimes.
But it's getting clearer. Thanks to you and all who've answered my
many newbie questions. And thansk for the patience.
Todd Witter
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