Using Lexmark X6170 with FC1

[Mike Watson]

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On Sunday 07 December 2003 10:24 am, Tafadzwa Mudhokwani wrote:
> How did you do that? I'm a windows addict trying to move to Linux.
> I've been trying to do the same configuration myself but without any
> success. Help please!
>
> On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 09:13, Graeme Willox wrote:
> > I considered it a major achievement when I managed to have my fat32
> > partitions mount automatically each time the machine is booted. 
> > :-)

It's fairly easy.

First manually mount your partitions using 'mount' to insure you have 
the correct options. Then once you have the correction options, add 
them to your /etc/fstab file and when you reboot, the partitions are 
mounted automatically.

Here's an example from my /etc/fstab file. I have a dual boot system and 
mount all my M$ drives when booting linux.

In /etc/fstab

/dev/hda5       /Dr_C        vfat       w 0 0

/dev/hda5 = linux partition for MS logical drive
/Dr_C = linux mount directory (my MS "C" drive)
vfat = MS filesystem type (Partition was formatted as vfat32)
w = writable (read is assumed)
0 = ?  I've forgotten
0 = do not auto fschck on mount

You can also "man fstab" for more info.

Mike W
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