Mount Command

vishalfirke · 01-28-2005, 09:12 AM

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.

jrtayloriv · 01-28-2005, 09:27 AM

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

happy hunting,
jrtayloriv

Mega Man X · 01-28-2005, 09:28 AM

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

Code:

/dev/hdb6 /mnt/soft vfat uid=500,gid=500,umask=000,exec,dev,suid,rw 1 0

Good luck!

abisko00 · 01-28-2005, 09:34 AM

/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.