Partition mounting

Rex_chaos · 09-14-2001, 08:18 AM

Hello all,
I have divided my HD into two partitions, one for win98(say C) and the other for linux. I didn't mount the C drive while installing linux. How can I mount it now?

Steave · 09-14-2001, 09:09 AM

taking your "C"-Drive is /dev/hda1 (first ide-device, first primary partition)

# mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt

if you want to mount it at every bootup add this line to your /etc/fstab

/dev/hda1 /my/mountpoint vfat user, auto, rw, umask=000

umask=000 will mask privileges, so that any user can do anything with the files. -> Have a look at the man-page for chmod for other masking options. (works the same way as chmod xxxx would.)

thats all! Steave.

acid_kewpie · 09-14-2001, 09:12 AM

Jut to point out a small flaw in steaves reply.

the fstab line should be

/dev/hda1 /my/mountpoint vfat user,auto,rw,umask=000

not

/dev/hda1 /my/mountpoint vfat user, auto, rw, umask=000

the extra spaces will screw it up royally

linuxcool · 09-15-2001, 12:47 AM

Don't forget the numbers at the end:

/dev/hda1 /my/mountpoint vfat user,auto,rw,umask=000 0 0

Rex_chaos · 09-20-2001, 10:13 AM

Hello, I have set the etc/fstab according to the instrument to make the system auto-mount the "c" drive.
I wonder how to auto-mount the "C" drive while some users, who belongs to a special group, login the system. (i.e. Except for some users in a special group, I don't want any other users access the "C" drive which contains win98);

Steave · 09-20-2001, 10:31 AM

edit the line in fstab to ... user,noauto,....
now you can mount the drive using mount /my/mountpoint
You probably want to write a login script for those people that you want the C-Drive to see:
I think you do this by just adding a file called .login to the users home-dir. This will be executed on login.
add the line
mount /my/mountpoint
thats it.
If you don't want anybody else from mounting drives, set the access privileges to /bin/mount accordingly.

SprinterPD · 09-21-2001, 02:46 PM

Hello all, I had the exact same question with a twist. If I ALSO have a FAT32 25GB partition on hda6 that I want to share between my Linux and Win98 OS's do I mount it the same way? I will be using this partition as a backup area and need the files available regardless of how I boot.
This system will be a router/gateway to my cable modem, but I want to retain Win98 so I can play games on my LAN with the other systems.
Cheers,
Michael

Steave · 09-21-2001, 02:55 PM

yes, same thing! just replace /dev/hda1 by /dev/hda6 and do the rest as mentioned above. Have fun!

SprinterPD · 09-21-2001, 03:06 PM

2 lines, 1 for each, right?
vfat applies to FAT32 as well as FAT?
Thanks,
Michael

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Steave · 09-21-2001, 03:13 PM

one line for each partition you want to mount. VFAT will work for all fat-types.

Rex_chaos · 09-24-2001, 03:11 AM

How can I mount the extended partition and logical partition with mount command?

Steave · 09-24-2001, 05:35 AM

Extended partitions also have a /dev/hdax id. type

fdisk -l /dev/hda

to find out how your primary and logical parititions are numbered.