mrweb wrote: [snip] >+----------------------------------------+ >|windows|LM 7.0|LM 7.1|swap|debian|LM 7.1| >|hda1 |hda5 |hda6 |hda7|hda8 |hda9 | >+----------------------------------------+ [snip] >What I really want is to have access to my files in all of my OS's >from my Primary OS, this requires me to have the ability to mount >each OS from my Primary OS.<--- This I thought was just a matter of >editing my Primary fstab? [snip] It is. The fact that all your other Linux "systems" are mounted on "/" can't be made true in relation to your Primary OS and its associated fstab. You might add the following to your Primary OS's fstab: /dev/hda5 /mnt/LM7_0 ext2 noauto 1 2 /dev/hda6 /mnt/LM7_1b ext2 noauto 1 2 /dev/hda8 /mnt/debian ext2 noauto 1 2 >From your Primary OS, which in this example would be your LM 7.0a (hda9), you would just type # mount /mnt/debian , (say), to have access to all the filesystem on /dev/hda8. Notes: -Choose your options very carefully. Automounting the whole mess just might get, well, messy! -I'm not 100% on the weirdness that the various usernames, passwords, and permissions might produce. -It is a good idea to mount "Other" filesystems under /mnt for various reasons (convention, backup strategies, etc) I won't get into here. -If you want to access all partitions from any OS system, just use the same /mnt ideas above, keeping in ming that any given "system's" fstab will indeed be different. For any given "OS system" boot, the *other* "systems" should be mounted under /mnt (IMHO) as specified by the booted OS's fstab. > it would be good to have all of my systems, available to boot from Grub. Perhaps someone else can help with Grub. After 4 years of Red Hat I just made the switch and haven't had to wrestle with Grub yet. Sometimes after reading what everyone else has had to say, a $ man [whatever] can empart a truly enlightening experience. :-) And if I've got something terribly wrong up there, I trust it will be pointed out, Cheers Dave. --------- You can donate food for free at: http://www.thehungersite.com/ 17-Dec-2000 00:42:32 ---------
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