At 12:32 AM 10/5/1998 -0400, you wrote: >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. >
Just a clarification: when Jim says "the mount point /cdrom needs to exist", he means that you need to make a directory named cdrom if it does not already exist. As root, simply type: mkdir /cdrom (or as you indicate above, "mkdir /mnt/cdrom" -- I personally prefer my other partitions to be mounted on the root instead of in another subdirectory (/mnt),but that's just a personal preference). I only add this clarification because when I was starting out with Linux, the phrase "mount point" meant nothing to me. Also, to mount a Win95 partition, the line in /etc/fstab would look something like: /dev/hda1 /mnt/win95_part vfat defaults (the vfat meaning it's a vfat type of partition, as opposed to msdos or the cdrom type of iso9660) ================================================ Kent West, Technology Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abilene Christian Univ., Abilene, TX 915-674-2557 FAX: 915.674.6724 Amateur Radio: KC5ENO Debian Linux: Ride the wave with the penguins!
