Dual Boot Sytem

[mrkeef]

I'm trying to get REd Hat 7.1 running on a dual boot system with Windows Me.

Mostly it's OK except accessing my windows files is difficult. In /etc/fstab I have

/dev/hda1 /mny/win vfat noauto,owner,users 0 0

With this I can modify files etc in the windows partition but it doesn't mount the partition until I access it through gnome file manager. Hence I can't easily get fonts or background picture

If I change noauto to defaults the reverse is true.

How can I get it all working nicely?

How do I ge tth

[paradox]

If you edit your bootup script to reflect this

mount /dev/hdxy (x being the drive it is if you have multiple drives, so for example hda)
(y being the partition it is on, so for example hda1)

so you type

mount /dev/hdxy /home/cdrive (or wherever you have made a directory to access your windows partion, mine is /cdrive in the / directory, but most don't recommend that, so putting it in your home directory is ideal I guess!

Aragorn

[paradox]

If I didn't answer your question, which I am kinda afraid I didn't(sorry I am at work and tired :P) let me know....as far as the noauto, etc.... you shouldn't have to do that unless you are trying to restrict the access of the cdrive to certain users and such....if you are not on a computer that is accessed by a lot of people then I would just stick with the

mount /dev/hda1 /mny/win

you don't have to worry about the vfat either....kernel is new enough that it can autodetect the media type....atleast that is my experience...this is what I have done to make my win me partition load mounted and editable at boot time!

[mrkeef]

Thanks for the quick replies Aragorn, but now I'm confused.

Are you saying that if I put mount dev/hda1 /mnt/win in my bootup script then I don't necessarily need to put a line in /etc/fstab? Or are you saying stick with defaults and not go noauto?

This is a REALLY dumb question, but what is the name of the file that Linux uses for the bootup script? I tried .bashrc but that didn't work as it was my user bash script and only root can mount.

Thanks for your patience, I really appreciate it-- this stuff is really really new to me and I'm still finding my way around.

[JimH]

Hi,

Change noauto to auto and it will mount at boot time

/dev/hda1 /mnt/win vfat auto,owner,users 0 0

Regards,
Jim H

[seamonkey]

do you like ME? i ran it for 20 mins, and recieved 15 blue screens of death during that period.

2000 all the way for me. hehe.

I'm trying to get REd Hat 7.1 running on a dual boot system with Windows Me.

Mostly it's OK except accessing my windows files is difficult. In /etc/fstab I have

/dev/hda1 /mny/win vfat noauto,owner,users 0 0

With this I can modify files etc in the windows partition but it doesn't mount the partition until I access it through gnome file manager. Hence I can't easily get fonts or background picture

If I change noauto to defaults the reverse is true.

How can I get it all working nicely?

How do I ge tth

[mrkeef]

Jim,

I currently have :

dev/hda1 /mnt/win vfat auto,owner,users 0 0

While it seems to be Ok mounting I now have read-only access to my windows partition... aaaaagggghhhhh!!!!!

[paradox]

If you edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file and add

mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/win

you should have a completely mounted read-writable disk at /mnt/win

Aragorn

[mrkeef]

Aragorn,

I tried what you said, but it STILL won't let me write to the windows partition.

I checked the permissions (ls -l) and win is :

drwxr-xr-x root root

THe cdrom and floppy are shown as belonging to mrkeef (my logn), and permissions are drwxrwxr-x.

What am i missing here?

[paradox]

that is really strange....try this...

goto /mnt/win
and do

chown mrkeef /mnt/win

I think it is in that order other wise just reverse the username and directory....

Aragorn