On Thursday 30 January 2003 3:58 pm, Franklin Maurer wrote:

in fstab add (if one doesn't already exist) /dev/hda6 /Windows/F vfat noauto,user,rw,exec 0 0

Sorry you also need to change /dev/hda6 to whatever your windows partion is. If you're unsure check in yast2>system>partitoner, find the info then abort out of it. It's probably hda1, but that's just a guess. -- Franklin Maurer nebbish@sprynet.com SuSE 8.1

On Thursday 30 January 2003 7:57 pm, Doug Weeks wrote:

and made the link on the kde desktop but get the error message: [mntent]: warning: no final newline at the end of /etc/fstab

Any ideas, what is a final newline, I know it exist cause I checked the partitions

"newline" is Unix's fancy way of saying "enter" [carraige return] -- it is actually pretty tough to NOT have a final "newline" in a file because most people's tendancy is to press <enter> after adding stuff to a file, even if only one line. If you used something like "vi", however I can see how this could happen -- you run the cursor to the end of the file, press the letter "A" for "append (at the end of the line since this is an upper case 'a')", pressed "<enter>" to get to the start of the new line, type in the stuff you want to add, then BEFORE actually pressing <enter> again, you press <esc> to get out of insert/append mode, then colon (:) to get a command line, and "wq" to write-and-quit. If you look at the resulting file at the bit-n-byte level, you'll see that (basically) the last character in the file is NOT "0x0D" [hex for character 13 -- a carraige return] [or is it "0x0A", line feed? I can never remember whether it is DOS or Unix that really wants both characters CR and LF to specify a "new line"] and that is what mount is complaining about.

On Thursday 30 January 2003 07:57 pm, Doug Weeks wrote:

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you can change the /Windows/F to whatever you want, just make sure to add the dir for the mount point. If you use kde, you can right click on the desktop > select create new > hard disk. Under properties there should be a choice for /windows/ or for /dev/hd?? Now you have an link to the windows partition when you need it.

You can change the fstab entry from noauto to auto if you want it mounted every time you log on.

Thanks Franklin for the help! I did that with the line /dev/hda1 /windows vfat nonauto,user,rw,exec 0 0 in the /etc/fstab and made the link on the kde desktop but get the error message: [mntent]: warning: no final newline at the end of /etc/fstab mont: mount point /windows does not exist ???????????????? Any ideas, what is a final newline, I know it exist cause I checked the partitions

It's kind of hard to describe but here goes. when you edit your /etc/fstab at some point you come to a final line of text (the last sentence). If you don't press return at the end of this sentence then you will get the error you mention. "No final newline" So just open the file in your editor again and press enter at the end of the last sentence. HTH -- dh Don't shop at GoogleGear.com!

A *directory* also needs to exist in your system as: /windows/C ie: mkdir /windows/C yes first step

Hm-mm :) it's on graphics (under X) 2) next go to Yast2 -> System -> Partitioner (cl-k,cl-k,cl-k :) 3) and you receive next the message " Warning ..." - answer - yes 4) now is necessary to allocate yours in the list your W-ze disk 5) click button Edit (Re: Edit ) 6) field "Mount point" - write (type) /windows/C 7) Click button "Fstab Options" 8) Choose a necessary tag - "Mount in /etc/fstab" - device name ex.-l 9) Choose a necessary tag - "Mountable by user .. (or read only) .." 10) field "Arbitrary .. " -type umask=002 OK OK OK it's ALL good luck

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On Thursday 30 January 2003 2:33 pm, Doug Weeks wrote:

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Again, I'm a newbie on SuSe....I have a dual boot with about 10gigs alocated to windows 98. With Mandrake I could mount the windows partition with a file manager and manipulate files, put docs from open office into "My Documents" on the windows partition. With SuSe, I chose the default installation which boots windows fine. However, 2 things different: 1-there was no /home partition created-is this weird or do I just make a folder for /Home. 2-under /mnt there is no windows partition listed. Is it somewhere else? I know its there cuz I can boot to it?

in fstab add (if one doesn't already exist) /dev/hda6 /Windows/F vfat noauto,user,rw,exec 0 0

I did that with the line /dev/hda1 /windows vfat nonauto,user,rw,exec 0 0 in the /etc/fstab

look again at the example, your line should look: /dev/hda1 /windows/C vfat nonauto,user,rw,exec 0 0

and there needs to be another *empty* line below this. That *was* the last line in the /etc/fstab file, was it not? This is the warning, no final newline at the end of /etc/fstab.

A *directory* also needs to exist in your system as: /windows/C ie: mkdir /windows/C

Now on boot the system will look at the fstab file and see that you want to be able to access the first partition on the first hard drive from your directory /windows/C and will assign it there.

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mont: mount point /windows does not exist ????????????????

mount point /windows does not exist because you do not have a *directory* /windows in your linux system. Above /windows/C.

Linux is *very* particular and instructions that you are given will *not* succeed unless they are followed specifically, provided that they were correct <grin>.

Your posts will be much easier to read if you change your *indent* character from ">" to "><space>" thats ">" + a space.