thx, that worked perfectly. i really thot fstab was a program, lol i guess, now looking back on it, i was thinking about fdisk, that is a prog. anyway all is well now. Mike --- Jim wrote: > The file fstab is in the /etc directory. You have > to open it in a text > editor and make the changes. > > -- > Del Boy for President. > http://www.ofah.net > > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, mike hoy wrote: > > > I can't seem to get fstab to work. What do you > type > > exactly? > > > > I've tried : > > > > root@slackware:~# fstab > > -bash: fstab: command not found > > root@slackware:~# cd /etc > > root@slackware:/etc# fstab > > -bash: fstab: command not found > > root@slackware:/etc# fstab /dev/hda3 > > -bash: fstab: command not found > > root@slackware:/etc# fstab --help > > -bash: fstab: command not found > > root@slackware:/# whereis fstab > > fstab: /etc/fstab /usr/include/fstab.h > > /usr/man/man5/fstab.5.gz > > /usr/share/man/man5/fstab.5.gz > > root@slackware:/# cd /usr/include > > root@slackware:/usr/include# fstab > > -bash: fstab: command not found > > root@slackware:/usr/include# cd / > > root@slackware:/# cd usr/share/man/man5/ > > root@slackware:/usr/share/man/man5# fstab > > -bash: fstab: command not found > > root@slackware:/usr/share/man/man5# > > > > -Mike > > --- Jim wrote: > > > > > You'll need to put that partition in your > /etc/fstab > > > file. Here's part of > > > mine. > > > > > > > > > /dev/hda5 swap swap > > > defaults 0 0 > > > /dev/hda1 / ext3 > > > defaults 1 1 > > > /dev/hdb1 /home ext2 defaults > 1 > > > 1 > > > > > > You should add to your /etc/fstab something like > > > this. > > > > > > /dev/hda3 /mnt/localbackup ext2 defaults > > > 1 1 > > > > > > /dev/hda3 is the partition you're talking about. > > > /mnt/localbackup is where you want it mounted. > > > ext2 is the file system type. If you formatted > the > > > partition as ext3, > > > you'll need to put that in. If you formatted > the > > > partition so windows > > > could read and write to it, you'll need to put > vfat > > > as the partition type. > > > > > > I believe defaults means the partition is > mounted > > > with the default > > > settings for that partition type. Maybe someone > > > else can shed some more > > > light on this. > > > > > > You're right about logging in as root. You > could do > > > a lot of damage to > > > your system. > > > > > > -- > > > Del Boy for President. > > > http://www.ofah.net > > > > > > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, mike hoy wrote: > > > > > > > hi all, > > > > > > > > i recently formmatted some unused space on my > hdd. > > > and > > > > couldn't see it in linux, as i expected, by > > > default. > > > > so i tried the following. > > > > mkdir /mnt/localbackup > > > > mount -t /dev/hda3 /mnt/localbackup > > > > > > > > it made the dir and after mounting the hda3 > > > partition > > > > was finally able to access it > > > > > > > > but i have to mount it each time i reboot. i > > > suspect > > > > you all know how to make this so i can always > > > access > > > > the partition, when i setup slackware it made > hda1 > > > > (windoze.vfat.partition) always mounted. > > > > > > > > and i always log in as root so permissions > don't > > > seem > > > > to be an issue. oh and by the way I know that > in > > > > theory i should not be using root user for > normal > > > > everyday usage... > > > > > > > > mike! > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > My site http://www.solodiver.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Express yourself with Y! 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