hi,

i can not edit my fstab. it say permission denied eventhough i have logged in as root.
what do i do? please help.

What is the output of:

hi,

the output is as follows

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 542 Jul 3 22:03 /etc/fstab

what do i do now? i am using Fedra core 4

In a terminal, do "su" to become root, and then open an editor like so:
gedit /etc/fstab

That SHOULD work

Permissions show you should be able to edit the file.
If using vi, even when it says it can't write the file out if you do a
:w!
in command mode (not insert mode) it will write the file. The ! forces it.

Might have the immutable attribute set.

Do: lsattr /etc/fstab

If it comes back with:

s---i---c--------- /etc/fstab

( the i means it's set to immutable ).

To be able to update it, do:

chattr -i /etc/fstab

To change it back once done updating do

chattr +i /etc/fstab

thanks. it has worked and i am able to edit fstab. please find output of fstab;

Disk /dev/sda: 82.3 GB, 82348277760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10011 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1275 10241406 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda2 1276 10010 70163887+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 1276 2550 10241406 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda6 2551 5100 20482843+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda7 5101 7650 20482843+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda8 7651 10010 18956668+ 83 Linux

now i want to mount all sda5,6 and 7 drives. please correct me as it doesnt agree with this command;

mount -t vfat/dev/sda5 /mnt/c_drive

it say i am not using -t command right. please guide!

also, what should i type in fstab once i have mounted these drives?? step by step plese!

mount -t vfat /dev/sda5 /mnt/c_drive

thanks Hern28. it works.

what command i should put in fstab so that i dont need to mount it everytime i boot?

/dev/sda5 /mnt/c_drive vfat auto,rw 0 0

should do it. You may like to read the following: http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html.

Nylex's should get your setup finished. Goodluck .

[QUOTE=Nylex]/dev/sda5 /mnt/c_drive vfat auto,rw 0 0

should do it.

i have opened fstab remaining in terminal through this command;

nano /etc/fstab

i have incorporated the changes as your directed me to. then rebooted. but nothing has happened??

when i directly try to open fstab it doesnt permit me to make changes ????

/dev/sda5 /mnt/c_drive vfat defaults 1 1

You will need to get into root user mode using a root terminal, su, or sudo then nano fstab to be able to edit. Be sure the drive is not mounted in the file manager or you might not see the change.