mounting a drive?

BajaNick · 07-28-2003, 05:56 PM

I am trying to mount a HD using " mount /dev/hdh1 "and i keep getting not found in /dev/fstab. How can i fix this. thanks

DrOzz · 07-28-2003, 06:07 PM

you have to add an entry to the fstab, add it in /etc/fstab.

angelrod · 07-28-2003, 06:10 PM

also you're not specifying any mount point

man mount

For Example, if you're trying to mount a fat32 partition, you have to use:

mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/drive

Of course you have to previously created /mnt/drive directory.

Skyline · 07-28-2003, 06:19 PM

Hi Bajanick

Look at this example ;

/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat auto,rw,umask=000 0 0

This is an entry you would put into your /etc/fstab file.

This entry would mount the vfat filesystem on the 1st partition on the Primary master drive to a mount point called /mnt/windows

You typically mount filesystems either:

on boot - using an entry in /etc/fstab

or temporarily with "su"

A typical example with su would be:

mount -t vfat -o rw /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

Follow one of these 2 versions and substitue in your partition and mount point etc

BajaNick · 07-28-2003, 06:20 PM

Thanks, i got it, I didnt pay attention to the directions in another post and was doing it wrong.

but i got it now, thanks again.