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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