Icons for Windows drives on desktop
I have a dual boot machine (Windows and SUSE 9.0). When one installs SUSE 9.0 on a PC with Windows drives, one should get the Windows drives mounted at startup and one should get icons on the desktop for easy access to these drives. Unfortunately, I changed something in the proposed partitioning solution when I installed SUSE 9.0 and as a side effect, the Windows drives are not mounted at startup and the icons are not placed on the desktop. I do not want to start the installation again and I assume that I can put the right lines in one or the other configuration file. Can somebody help and tell me how? Many thanks in advance, Karel De Vriendt
On Sunday 23 November 2003 18:51 pm, Karel De Vriendt wrote:
I have a dual boot machine (Windows and SUSE 9.0).
When one installs SUSE 9.0 on a PC with Windows drives, one should get the Windows drives mounted at startup and one should get icons on the desktop for easy access to these drives.
Unfortunately, I changed something in the proposed partitioning solution when I installed SUSE 9.0 and as a side effect, the Windows drives are not mounted at startup and the icons are not placed on the desktop.
I do not want to start the installation again and I assume that I can put the right lines in one or the other configuration file. Can somebody help and tell me how?
The file you need is /etc/fstab You need to remove the 'noauto' from the relevant lines. man fstab will give you more info, as will man mount HTH Dylan -- Sweet moderation Heart of this nation Desert us not We are between the wars - Billy Bragg
On Sun, 2003-11-23 at 20:03, Dylan wrote:
On Sunday 23 November 2003 18:51 pm, Karel De Vriendt wrote:
I have a dual boot machine (Windows and SUSE 9.0).
When one installs SUSE 9.0 on a PC with Windows drives, one should get the Windows drives mounted at startup and one should get icons on the desktop for easy access to these drives.
Unfortunately, I changed something in the proposed partitioning solution when I installed SUSE 9.0 and as a side effect, the Windows drives are not mounted at startup and the icons are not placed on the desktop.
I do not want to start the installation again and I assume that I can put the right lines in one or the other configuration file. Can somebody help and tell me how?
The file you need is /etc/fstab
You need to remove the 'noauto' from the relevant lines.
man fstab will give you more info, as will man mount
HTH
Dylan
First usefull hint but the relevant lines to mount the Windows drives are not there in that file. Can somebody with SUSE 9.0 and a Windows drive mounted via fstab provide me with a copy of the relevant line? Thanks in advance, Karel De Vriendt
On Sunday 23 November 2003 19:28 pm, Karel De Vriendt wrote: <SNIP>
First usefull hint but the relevant lines to mount the Windows drives are not there in that file.
Can somebody with SUSE 9.0 and a Windows drive mounted via fstab provide me with a copy of the relevant line?
OK - are you sure the Windows partitions are there still, since you altered 'something' in the install? Can you boot to Windows and see them? You need to know which partition and which drive they are on, as well as what filesystem they are using, then simply follow the info in those two man pages to get the new entries, they will look much like the other lines. You will need to create the directories you want to mount them on before you try to mount them. Dylan -- Sweet moderation Heart of this nation Desert us not We are between the wars - Billy Bragg
--- Dylan
I have a dual boot machine (Windows and SUSE 9.0).
When one installs SUSE 9.0 on a PC with Windows drives, one should get the Windows drives mounted at startup and one should get icons on the desktop for easy access to these drives.
Unfortunately, I changed something in the proposed
On Sunday 23 November 2003 18:51 pm, Karel De Vriendt wrote: partitioning
solution when I installed SUSE 9.0 and as a side effect, the Windows drives are not mounted at startup and the icons are not placed on the desktop.
I do not want to start the installation again and I assume that I can put the right lines in one or the other configuration file. Can somebody help and tell me how?
The file you need is /etc/fstab
You need to remove the 'noauto' from the relevant lines.
man fstab will give you more info, as will man mount
Or, if you're a graphical-user-interface type of person, you can go to ControlCenter->YAST2->System->Partitioner. First make sure a mount point is set (e.g. /windows/C) for the partition in question, then go to 'fstab options' and uncheck 'do not mount at system startup'. The effect will be the same as editing /etc/fstab by hand. Klaus __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/
On Sun, 2003-11-23 at 21:12, K V wrote:
--- Dylan
wrote: I have a dual boot machine (Windows and SUSE 9.0).
When one installs SUSE 9.0 on a PC with Windows drives, one should get the Windows drives mounted at startup and one should get icons on the desktop for easy access to these drives.
Unfortunately, I changed something in the proposed
On Sunday 23 November 2003 18:51 pm, Karel De Vriendt wrote: partitioning
solution when I installed SUSE 9.0 and as a side effect, the Windows drives are not mounted at startup and the icons are not placed on the desktop.
I do not want to start the installation again and I assume that I can put the right lines in one or the other configuration file. Can somebody help and tell me how?
The file you need is /etc/fstab
You need to remove the 'noauto' from the relevant lines.
man fstab will give you more info, as will man mount
Or, if you're a graphical-user-interface type of person, you can go to ControlCenter->YAST2->System->Partitioner. First make sure a mount point is set (e.g. /windows/C) for the partition in question, then go to 'fstab options' and uncheck 'do not mount at system startup'. The effect will be the same as editing /etc/fstab by hand.
Klaus
I did (as root) but no changes to fstab were made (hence nothing happened). Karel De Vriendt
--- Karel De Vriendt
--- Dylan
wrote: On Sunday 23 November 2003 18:51 pm, Karel De Vriendt wrote:
I have a dual boot machine (Windows and SUSE 9.0).
When one installs SUSE 9.0 on a PC with Windows drives, one should get the Windows drives mounted at startup and one should get icons on the desktop for easy access to these drives.
Unfortunately, I changed something in the
On Sun, 2003-11-23 at 21:12, K V wrote: proposed
partitioning
solution when I installed SUSE 9.0 and as a side effect, the Windows drives are not mounted at startup and the icons are not placed on the desktop.
I do not want to start the installation again and I assume that I can put the right lines in one or the other configuration file. Can somebody help and tell me how?
The file you need is /etc/fstab
You need to remove the 'noauto' from the relevant lines.
man fstab will give you more info, as will man mount
Or, if you're a graphical-user-interface type of person, you can go to ControlCenter->YAST2->System->Partitioner. First make sure a mount point is set (e.g. /windows/C) for the partition in question, then go to 'fstab options' and uncheck 'do not mount at system startup'. The effect will be the same as editing /etc/fstab by hand.
Klaus
I did (as root) but no changes to fstab were made (hence nothing happened).
That's very strange. For me, once I hit the 'apply' button in the YaST module, all changes are written directly to /etc/fstab. Did you see that green warning screen saying 'do you really want to apply these changes'? Klaus __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/
Yes, I see the green screen, press apply and nothing happens. May I once again ask if somebody who has after installing SUSE 9.0 and has his/her windows drives on the desktop can send me his/her fstab file so that I can copy/adapt the relevant lines? Thanks, Karel De Vriendt On Sun, 2003-11-23 at 21:41, K V wrote:
--- Karel De Vriendt
wrote: --- Dylan
wrote: On Sunday 23 November 2003 18:51 pm, Karel De Vriendt wrote:
I have a dual boot machine (Windows and SUSE 9.0).
When one installs SUSE 9.0 on a PC with Windows drives, one should get the Windows drives mounted at startup and one should get icons on the desktop for easy access to these drives.
Unfortunately, I changed something in the
On Sun, 2003-11-23 at 21:12, K V wrote: proposed
partitioning
solution when I installed SUSE 9.0 and as a side effect, the Windows drives are not mounted at startup and the icons are not placed on the desktop.
I do not want to start the installation again and I assume that I can put the right lines in one or the other configuration file. Can somebody help and tell me how?
The file you need is /etc/fstab
You need to remove the 'noauto' from the relevant lines.
man fstab will give you more info, as will man mount
Or, if you're a graphical-user-interface type of person, you can go to ControlCenter->YAST2->System->Partitioner. First make sure a mount point is set (e.g. /windows/C) for the partition in question, then go to 'fstab options' and uncheck 'do not mount at system startup'. The effect will be the same as editing /etc/fstab by hand.
Klaus
I did (as root) but no changes to fstab were made (hence nothing happened).
That's very strange. For me, once I hit the 'apply' button in the YaST module, all changes are written directly to /etc/fstab. Did you see that green warning screen saying 'do you really want to apply these changes'?
Klaus
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OK,,see attachment for my fstab in suse 9.0 Hope this will help Johan ********** On Tuesday 25 November 2003 23:17, Karel De Vriendt wrote:
Yes, I see the green screen, press apply and nothing happens.
May I once again ask if somebody who has after installing SUSE 9.0 and has his/her windows drives on the desktop can send me his/her fstab file so that I can copy/adapt the relevant lines?
Thanks, Karel De Vriendt
On Sun, 2003-11-23 at 21:41, K V wrote:
--- Karel De Vriendt
wrote:
On Sun, 2003-11-23 at 21:12, K V wrote:
--- Dylan
wrote: On Sunday 23 November 2003 18:51 pm, Karel De
Vriendt wrote:
I have a dual boot machine (Windows and SUSE
9.0).
When one installs SUSE 9.0 on a PC with
Windows
drives, one should
get the Windows drives mounted at startup and
one
should get icons on
the desktop for easy access to these drives.
Unfortunately, I changed something in the
proposed
partitioning
solution when I installed SUSE 9.0 and as a
side
effect, the Windows
drives are not mounted at startup and the
icons
are not placed on the
desktop.
I do not want to start the installation again
and
I assume that I can
put the right lines in one or the other
configuration file. Can
somebody help and tell me how?
The file you need is /etc/fstab
You need to remove the 'noauto' from the
relevant
lines.
man fstab will give you more info, as will man
mount
Or, if you're a graphical-user-interface type of person, you can go to ControlCenter->YAST2->System->Partitioner. First make sure a mount point is set (e.g.
/windows/C)
for the partition in question, then go to 'fstab options' and uncheck 'do not mount at system
startup'.
The effect will be the same as editing /etc/fstab
by
hand.
Klaus
I did (as root) but no changes to fstab were made (hence nothing happened).
That's very strange. For me, once I hit the 'apply' button in the YaST module, all changes are written directly to /etc/fstab. Did you see that green warning screen saying 'do you really want to apply these changes'?
Klaus
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* Johan
OK,,see attachment for my fstab in suse 9.0 Hope this will help Johan
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On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 22:17:55 +0100
Karel De Vriendt
Yes, I see the green screen, press apply and nothing happens.
May I once again ask if somebody who has after installing SUSE 9.0 and has his/her windows drives on the desktop can send me his/her fstab file so that I can copy/adapt the relevant lines?
Thanks, Karel De Vriendt
I have a dual boot machine with WinME and SUSE 9.0 installed. Here are the relevant lines from my /etc/fstab. There are 3 partitions on the WinME part. I only use the Windows stuff for a couple of applications I just have not weened myself off as yet (like Agent for usenet), so I choose not to auto mount the drives ( noauto) - rather, I just mount & unmount them from a right click on the desktop icon as needed (user). The icons are created through Right Click on desktop, Create New... Hard Disc, then enter the drive and mount point - Done. You MUST have the mount points already created, ie /windows/C etc. I cannot remember the significance of the 0 0 but it is in the man files for fstab and I'm pretty sure 0 0 is best. Works just fine - only thing to remember is to unmount the drives in the (very rare) instance the machine needs to shutdown. .........extract........ /dev/hda1 /windows/C vfat noauto,user 0 0 /dev/hda5 /windows/D vfat noauto,user 0 0 /dev/hda6 /windows/E vfat noauto,user 0 0 Cheers, Paul.
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