Matthew Winther wrote:
> I am trying to mount another hd in RH 7.1 And i am logged in as root. In Konsole
>typing /etc/fstab gives me the message permission denied. What am i doing wrong?
>
/etc/fstab is a text file that describes what file systems you want to
have mounted. Here's what mine says.
# cat /etc/fstab
/dev/hda3 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda4 /disk ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
You can't run /etc/fstab directly. You edit it so it shows the right
disk partitions (e.g., /dev/hda4) at the right directories (e.g.,
/disk) and then you mount the filesystems by typing "mount -a"
# mount -a
If you want to mount a filesystem temporarily, you don't have to edit
/etc/fstab. You can specify all the information in the mount command.
When you're done, dismount it using the umount command.
# ls /mnt/disk
(no files)
# mount -o ro /dev/hdb4 /mnt/disk
# ls /mnt/disk
cvs.tar.gz etc.tar.gz home/ lost+found/
# umount /mnt/disk
# ls /mnt/disk
(no files)
Also note that typing "mount" with no arguments shows what's currently
mounted.
Hope this helps.
--
Bob Miller K<bob>
kbobsoft software consulting
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