On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 11:43:32 +0800, Franki wrote: >don't do that if there is a chance that the XP box won't be up when >you >boot... > >it'll cause probs.. > >better that you make a new bash script put it in /usr/sbin and put >all your >mount commands in there.. > >ie: > >#!/bin/sh > >smbmount /blah/blah..... >smbmount /blah/blah..... > > >save it as mountXP or something.. then make it executable with chmod >755 >/usr/sbin/mountXP > >then whenever you want to mount your partitions, just run the >file... you >could even make an unmountXP >put links on your desktop... > >makes things nice and simple.. my /sbin is full of shortcut files >I've >knocked up to save typing..
Yeah, I should have figured. Hell, I've got those type of scripts on the XP side. They ping the box, and if it's alive, they do a net use. I'll put a samba.sh in /etc/profile.d to mount if (ping XP). Thanks > >rgds > >Frank > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:expert-owner@;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Matthew O. >Persico >Sent: Thursday, 14 November 2002 10:54 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [expert] Samba and /etc/fstab > > >If I wanted to put a mount entry into my /etc/fstab file for my XP >Samba >mounts, what would happen if the XP box were not available? Doe the >boot >process just hang? >-- >Matthew > > > > > > -- Matthew O. Persico
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