🚀 go-pugleaf

On 31 Dec 1995 05:29:17 GMT, Mark Addinall <addinall@powerup.com.au> wrote:
>garyc@news.ipswich.gil.com.au wrote:
>: Heaps of questions :-
>
>: - I can mount my dos partition under linux (mount -t msdos etc) but how
>:   do I make this an automatic process during boot.
>
>Have you re-built your kernel to include DOS file system mounting. It
>is one of the questions asked during 'make config'. Mine mounts at
>boot. I may have been just lucky however ;)


Rebuilding the kernel is only half the battle.  Once the kernel supports
MS-DOS partitions then you have to tell the system that your DOS partition
should be mounted at boot time.  This is done by adding a line to the file
/etc/fstab.  I don't have the exact format of the file handy (I don't run
Linux) but you should add a line something like this:

	/dev/hda1	/dos	msdos	defaults

This line assumes that your DOS partition is on the first primary partition
of your first IDE drive and that you have created a directory called
/dos on which to mount the partition.  After making this update you should be  
able to type mount -av and the partition should be visible (or you can reboot).

>
>: - I can make alias's but how do I make this an automatic process during boot


Aliases are set when logging in as an interactive shell, not at boot

>



Two things here (1) Do NOT login as root!  You can do a lot of damage
to the system - your best strategy is to login in as a normal user
and then su to root when you need to do something with root permissions.
>If you log in as _you_, put them in your 
>
>  /home/_you/.profile
>
>: - I have a CD-ROM that apparently doesn't work with any linux driver.  All
>:   autodetects fail, and I've tried ALL the common drivers.  Any suggestions?
>
>What type of CD-ROM? Also the re-build thingy again.
>
Need more info

>: - How do I mount my floppy drive.  Does it HAVE to be mounted under /mnt or
>:   can I use /floppy
>
>Use a symbolic link? I am unsure as to what you want to do...
>

Sure, the important thing is that you specify somewhere on the filesystem
to mount the floppy.  You could even put the floppy in your /etc/fstab
as follows:-

	/dev/fd0	/floppy	msdos	noauto,user

/mark

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