SY6ba+IV HPT366,PIII 600copermine, 639mb ram, Yamaha PCI Sound card, GeForce 2GTS 32mb, 160gb seagate for Slackware10.2
Partition Setup: hdg1 = root, hdg2 = swap, hdg3 = /usr, and
hdg4 = /home -> all are primary partitions.

Question do I need all the partitions mounted each time I login? If so do I auto mount all 4 partitions and how do I get them to mount? I used this Partition scheme because it was suggested space efficient, security, and flexibility. I still have to compile a kernel and need to know how to manage this partition scheme. Thanks

I see no reason why you wouldn't want all those partitions automatically loaded at boot.

They should all have entries in /etc/fstab.

When you install Slack, it'll ask you if you want them added to fstab.

Thanks Flyen, auto mount at boot sounds good to me. Can I get into /etc/fstab to edit the entries as usr? How should the lines read for auto mount in 10.2?
I am trying to stay away from doing things as root because of the uncertainty regarding what I attempt to do?

You need to be root to edit fstab.

Take advantage of a handy Linux (Unix) thing. When you modify a file (eg with gedit), it saves the original as filename~. Of course, you can save your own backup copy with a name that makes sense to you.

I su root and tried to get into /etc/fstab without any luck? No such directory exist?

/etc/fstab should be a regular text file. Here is an example of what yours might look like:

/dev/hdg1 / auto defaults 1 1
/dev/hdg2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdg3 /usr auto defaults 1 2
/dev/hdg4 /home auto defaults 1 2
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0

Flyen, what is the command line I need to get into this file? Thanks

cd /etc
ls fs*
##verify that fstab exists here##
##Assuming it is here, then:
more fstab (or cat fstab)

If fstab is not there, then you have a non-standard system---try searching for it

you can, of course shortcut this and type more (or cat) /etc/fstab

There are a number of programs available to edit /etc/fstab.

Try:
nano -w /etc/fstab
vim /etc/fstab
pico /etc/fstab
emacs /etc/fstab

All these editors have their own quirks and you may have to read up on how to use them. Nano and pico are basically the same though.

Yeh! Thankyou