fstab probs(maybe)

[Christoph Georgi]

It appears to me that you mount the partition not with the options given 
in fstab: Your mountpoint is /mnt/windows but not /windows as stated in 
fstab..

Try mounting the partition either with

# mount /dev/hda1 (That should be enough as all the options and
mountpoint is given in fstab)

or mount the partition like

# mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows -o "rw,mask=000"

although the first option is the one you should use as everything is 
already written in the fstab.

christoph

squareyes wrote:
> Hi all,
> am still having problems accessing my windows(hda1) partition.
>>From Nautilus - /   mnt  windows next step doesn't show any folders.
> 
> My fstab is as follows,
> 
> # /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/hda7       /home           ext2    defaults        0       2
> /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       /windows        vfat     rw,umask=000      0      0
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Checked::
> 
> root at ubuntu:/home/squareyes # lsmod | grep fat
> vfat                   13312  1
> fat                    41792  1 vfat
> 
> Running the following successfully mounts windows(hda1)
> and gives access to windows folders via Nautilus.
> 
> 
> root at ubuntu:/home/squareyes # mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
> root at ubuntu:/home/squareyes #
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> /etc/modules are as below
> 
> # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
> #
> # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
> # to be loaded at boot time, one per line.  Comments begin with
> # a "#", and everything on the line after them are ignored.
> 
> psmouse
> mousedev
> ide-cd
> ide-disk
> ide-generic
> lp
> vfat
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Have tried the "man" pages and am afraid they don't really make any
> sense to me.
> can anyone see what I am doing wrong?
>  
> Thanks in advance for any help ,
> Take Care
> Winton
> 
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