[plug] mounting logical drives.

[Lee Jamieson]

Cameron Patrick wrote:
> Chris Caston wrote:
> 
> 
>>>I have made a 5Gb FAT32 partition on my windoze hdd, basically so I can 
>>>share files and stuff from linux to windows and vis-versa.
>>>
>>>I am not sure how to get Linux to see the new partition.  Would it help 
>>>if there was a file or something in the partition for Linux to
>>>see?
> 
> 
> You need to make a directory somewhere to mount the Windows partition
> (e.g., /win_e), then put an appropriate line in /etc/fstab to have it
> mounted automatically.  Adding stuff to /etc/fstab will only show up
> once you reboot; you can mount it manually e.g. 'mount /win_e' after
> editing fstab to avoid rebooting.
> 
> 
>>This is quite easy however being another to write to the partition from
>>a user other than root is more of a gotcha.
> 
> 
> http://cp.yi.org/lurker/message/20040606.125630.b3da6c8f.html
> 
> The example that gave for '/usb' contains the right magic options for
> a fat32 partition.  If you want it to be mounted automatically on boot
> you should remove the 'noauto,' option.
> 
> 'man mount' and 'man fstab' for the gory getails.
> 
> Cameron.
> 
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Heh.  It is amazing what you find in the configuration setup section of 
my distro :)  I had a hunch it might be there and looked.

I am still very nervous of using the command line, and would rather use 
a gui interface any time. - Shows my windowz dependance, I suppose.