On Sun, Oct 04, 1998 at 10:54:16PM -0500, Christopher Jay Stevenson wrote: > Well, thanks to you guys, my mouse is working... > It's just that X isn't... > Hmm... > What I get is an xdm that has the login on the lower right of the screen, > and cut-off as well, almost as if the resolution isn't correct. (It seemed > as if I had a virtual desktop of 2x2 size.) > > My monitor is 1280x1024 (15"). > > > On another note... how do I mount drives on startup. I asked this question > before, but I didn't understand the answer. > Here's what I do as root. > > mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win95_part > > Now... how do I 'automate this. > > perhaps something like > > mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cd_rom > > might be usefull as well. (how do I go about that?) > > I think that I have to modify a file (/etc/fstab?), but with a program, or > just do a "cat - >> /etc/fstab"?
Well, yes you can use cat >> /etc/fstab and that is sometimes the most convenient way to append to a file, but you would be better off to choose and learn how to use one of the text editors available. You probably have 2 editors installed by default: ae and vi (elvis-tiny). If you are not familiar with either, ae would be easier to use. When you edit the /etc/fstab, you will notice some fields that look very similar to the arguments you use with the mount command to mount partition. For example, the cdrom entry might look like this: /dev/hdc /cdrom iso9660 defaults,user 0 0 Look at the fstab man page for the details of each field. Notice that the mount point /cdrom needs to exist before you can mount a device on it. Just as you would need to create /mnt/win95 before you can mount a partition on it. > > Thanks for putting up w/ newbies like yours truly. > > ---starfox > > Chris Stevenson > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
