hey guys , sorry for the subject, i know it has been repeeted alot but how can i auto mount my fat drives
and please explain the code to put in fstab
i don't want u to throw me any bones

Search the forums for something like "mount windows partitions" or "mount fat32 partitions"

assuming it is an ide device you would put this line in your /etc/fstab

/dev/hdXY /mnt/windoze vfat defaults 0 0

X=drive
Y=partition
/mnt/windoze= where ever you want to mount it

Hope this helps

Also, you may have problems accessing this as a user (not-root) depending on what your defaults are. If that is the case, modify the fstab to say

/dev/hdXY /mnt/windoze vfat defaults,umask=022 0 0


or you can set the umask to 222 or 002 or 000, depending on how secure you want the drive. By the way, umask is sorta like the reverse of chmod when it comes to numbering.

Also, sometimes windows (i know this happens in XP) likes to keep a stranglehold on the drives. If this is the case, go into windows, and change the local sharing on the drive.

i am having a similar fstab problem. I installed a cdrecorder(cd-rw) and when I try to mount it I get the error message:
no final newline in /etc/fstab or something.
some help, please?

Well, this is just a quess since I have never seen this error before. Maybe try adding a single blank line to the end of that file. Kinda sounds like what the error is asking for.

thanx guys
but what does windoze in the code refer to ........?
and when i mount the drive , where would it appear ?

/mnt/windoze simply refers to your mount point - ie a new directory called windoze in your /mnt directory - you can access windoze by openeing your /mnt directory

ie to create this mount point - do

Open a command line shell

su
root password

mkdir /mnt/windoze

This simply creates a new directory called windoze in your /mnt directory