I tried with my Redhat 7.2 and it worked.
First check make/mnt/windows exists. Then try to mount
the partition manually using:
mount -t vfat /hda5 /mnt/windows
If the mount command works then you should not have
any problem with the fstab.
Good luck.
--- Rob Yale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, I need to give you the correct error I
> get:
>
> mount: mount point /windows does not exist
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Rob Yale
> Sent: April 20, 2002 5:49 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: How to create new mount point
>
>
> Ok, I did what was suggested:
>
> 1) Created a directory '/mnt/windows'
>
> 2) Mounted the directory with;
> mount -t vfat /dev/hda5 /mnt/windows
>
> 3) added an entry to /etc/fstab;
> /dev/hda5 /mnt/windows vfat
> user,auto,exec,rw,umask=0 0 0
>
> When I boot, I get an error that states that the
> partition does not
> exist.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob Yale
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Jeremy Tan
> Sent: April 20, 2002 12:21 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: How to create new mount point
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I have a FAT partition on hda which I would like
> to be able to access
> > from my Linux install on hdb.
>
> This is a sample from my /etc/fstab
>
> /dev/hdg6 /mnt/Documents vfat
> user,auto,exec,rw,umask=0 0 0
>
> if you want to be able to write to your FAT
> partitions while logged in
> as a normal user add a "umask=0" as shown
> above."exec" is to allow
> execution of files and "rw" is to mount your
> partition with read and
> write permissions.
>
>
>
> --
> Later,
>
>
>
>
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