windows recognition probs

[Antonio]

squareyes wrote:
> Hi all, 
> have just installed Ubuntu, had a run around with 
> install formatting partitions previously used by
> Mandrake 10, but made it.
> I have modified fstab 
> 
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
> proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
> /dev/hda5       /               ext2    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0
> 1
> /dev/hda6       none            swap    sw              0       0
> /dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
> /dev/hdd        /media/cdrom1   udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
> /dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
> /dev/hda1       /mnt/windows    vfat    unmask=000      0       0
> 
> but will not show any files in /mnt/windows.
> Nautilus shows the folder but no files/folders.
> Do I need to set any permissions to access them?

No, umask=000 just give read/write permission to all. You need only to 
add the option auto so the pertition is automatically mounted on boot.

Otherwise you must mount the partition manually each time:
$ sudo mount /mnt/windows

> Have ppp setup and running with pon , but is there
> any way I can tell how long I have been connected with Gnome?
> Have a dial up connection with limited hours.

Don't know, have you looked if some gnome applets do the task?

> Am very new to command line, have muddled through this far
> having been unable to get Deb to work. Have printed out 
> Unofficial Guide.
> I would be very grateful for any help in what I am 
> not doing correctly.
> Thanks in advance,
> Take Care
> Winton

Not to be unpleasant, but you'd get better answers if you post one 
problem per thread. In this way you also help others peoples searching 
for the same problem.

- Antonio