check if there is a .fstab.sw* file in etc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Haugsand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 2:33 PM Subject: Re: fstab question
> * felipe leon > > Hello group, > > > > I want to have some mount points for a flash and another harddrive so > > I can easily in gnome on the desktop mouse-right click go to disks and > > have my mount points there. What I do is that as root I modify the > > /etc/fstab file including the mount points and so on. After I save > > the file everything works just fine! I can do what I want and it works > > fine, the problem comes whe I reboot the computer and I log back > > in. The changes I made to /etc/fstab just dissapear, why? > > What do I have to do to keep these changes there? > > system: rh9 > > Utterly strange! > > Some ideas: > > 1. Do you _really_ use the correct file? > 2. Do you have the /etc mounted as a ram disk? > > > Try e.g.: > > a. Edit another file in /etc save it and reboot. > b. Open a terminal window and do 'cp /etc/fstab $HOME/fstab.out1' > Do the changes to /etc/fstab, save them and do 'cp /etc/fstab > $HOME/fstab.out2'. Reboot and compare the three files. > > -- > Jon Haugsand, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.norges-bank.no > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list