Mount Command
 

I have Install Redd hat linux 7.2 .Now i want to mount my windows software drive which is /hdb6.I have written the mount command in /etc/mtab file.Like
mount -t vfat /dev/hdb6 /mnt/soft
but when i restart my compuetr ,this line of mount coomand is noot there and my dirve is get mounted.
so pls anybody tell me how can i mont my drive permanantly.

mtab shows currently mounted partitions, you should be editing fstab try man fstab for detailed instructions

happy hunting,
jrtayloriv

Don't use mount. Add this line to your /etc/fstab instead:

Good luck!

/etc/mtab is created automatically and represents all mounted filesystem. If you would like to mount a filesystem on bootup, you need to add this to /etc/fstab.

The syntax is little different from the commend you would use on command line. In one line, you put information on
1. device (/dev/hdb6)
2. mountpoint (/home)
3. filesystem (ntfs)
4. options (auto,users,umask=000)
5. some special info, how fsck has to treat the partition (mostly 0 0)

See man fstab and man mount for further details.