Mounting windows at startup

[Paul Smith]

Dear All

How can I mount the following at the startup:

mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

[Vivek J. Patankar]

On 28/08/05, Paul Smith  wrote:
> Dear All
> How can I mount the following at the startup:
> mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul

Make an entry for the partition in /etc/fstab 
see 'man fstab' for more details.

Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All
>
> How can I mount the following at the startup:
>
> mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
>
> ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul

Maybe this will help. It will mount under /media though.

http://darkknight9.blogspot.com/2005/08/ntfs-volume-labels-on-gnome-computer...

I didn't want to tinker with any of the default HALD settings. So, if 
you just drop this in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/ your ntfs 
drives should be automounted (provided you have NTFS support).

Best,
-M

[Paul Smith]

On 8/28/05, Mostafa Z. Afgani  wrote:
> > How can I mount the following at the startup:
> >
> > mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
> >
> > ?
>
> Maybe this will help. It will mount under /media though.
>
> http://darkknight9.blogspot.com/2005/08/ntfs-volume-labels-on-gnome-computer...
>
> I didn't want to tinker with any of the default HALD settings. So, if
> you just drop this in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/ your ntfs
> drives should be automounted (provided you have NTFS support).

Thanks, Mostafa. My MS Windows partition is fat32 formatted.

Paul

Paul Smith wrote:
> On 8/28/05, Mostafa Z. Afgani  wrote:
> > > How can I mount the following at the startup:
> > >
> > > mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
> > >
> > > ?
> >
> > Maybe this will help. It will mount under /media though.
> >
> > http://darkknight9.blogspot.com/2005/08/ntfs-volume-labels-on-gnome-computer...
> >
> > I didn't want to tinker with any of the default HALD settings. So, if
> > you just drop this in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/ your ntfs
> > drives should be automounted (provided you have NTFS support).
>
> Thanks, Mostafa. My MS Windows partition is fat32 formatted.
>
> Paul

Then you just need to change the options accordingly.

<match key="volume.partition.msdos_part_table_type" int="0x07">

will probably become

<match key="volume.partition.msdos_part_table_type" int="0x0b">

or if you use LBA

<match key="volume.partition.msdos_part_table_type" int="0x0c">

Also, you will want to change the 'umask', 'ro', and other options as 
you see fit.

[Paul Smith]

On 8/28/05, Mostafa Z. Afgani > >>>How can I mount the following at the startup:
> > > > mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
> > > >
> > > > ?
> > >
> > > Maybe this will help. It will mount under /media though.
> > >
> > > http://darkknight9.blogspot.com/2005/08/ntfs-volume-labels-on-gnome-computer...
> > >
> > > I didn't want to tinker with any of the default HALD settings. So, if
> > > you just drop this in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/ your ntfs
> > > drives should be automounted (provided you have NTFS support).
> >
> > Thanks, Mostafa. My MS Windows partition is fat32 formatted.
>
> Then you just need to change the options accordingly.
>
>   <match key="volume.partition.msdos_part_table_type" int="0x07">
>
> will probably become
>
>   <match key="volume.partition.msdos_part_table_type" int="0x0b">
>
> or if you use LBA
>
>   <match key="volume.partition.msdos_part_table_type" int="0x0c">
>
> Also, you will want to change the 'umask', 'ro', and other options as
> you see fit.

Thanks again, Mostafa.

Paul

[Oldman]

Paul Smith wrote:
> On 8/28/05, Mostafa Z. Afgani > >>>How can I mount the following at the startup:
> > > > > mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
> > > > >
> > > > > ?
> > > >
> > > > Maybe this will help. It will mount under /media though.
> > > >
> > > > http://darkknight9.blogspot.com/2005/08/ntfs-volume-labels-on-gnome-computer...
> > > >
> > > > I didn't want to tinker with any of the default HALD settings. So, if
> > > > you just drop this in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/ your ntfs
> > > > drives should be automounted (provided you have NTFS support).
> > >
> > > Thanks, Mostafa. My MS Windows partition is fat32 formatted.
> >
> > Then you just need to change the options accordingly.
> >
> >  <match key="volume.partition.msdos_part_table_type" int="0x07">
> >
> > will probably become
> >
> >  <match key="volume.partition.msdos_part_table_type" int="0x0b">
> >
> > or if you use LBA
> >
> >  <match key="volume.partition.msdos_part_table_type" int="0x0c">
> >
> > Also, you will want to change the 'umask', 'ro', and other options as
> > you see fit.
>
> Thanks again, Mostafa.
>
> Paul

A simpler fix (IMHO) is to add a line like this to your /etc/fstab

/dev/hdc5               /media/windows            vfat    
pamconsole,users,exec 0 0

Just change the /dev/hdc5 to wherever your vfat partition is located.  
This will do what you want though it is slightly less elegant, as the 
hal fixes will autofind any vfat partitions you make.

Scott

[SternData]

Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All
>
> How can I mount the following at the startup:
>
> mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
>
> ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul

as root, mkdir /windows/c

From my /etc/fstab:

/dev/sda1   /windows/c   ntfs   users,owner,ro,umask=000 0 0

You'd use /dev/hda1 for the Windows C: drive

[Thufir]

On 8/28/05, Steven Stern  wrote:
...
> > How can I mount the following at the startup:
> >
> > mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

...
> as root, mkdir /windows/c
>
> From my /etc/fstab:
>
> /dev/sda1   /windows/c   ntfs   users,owner,ro,umask=000 0 0
>
> You'd use /dev/hda1 for the Windows C: drive

...

# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
none                    /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/hdc                /media/cdrecorder       auto   
pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,managed
0 0
/dev/fd0                /media/floppy           auto   
pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,managed
0 0
/dev/hda1		/mnt/windows		vfat	users,owner,ro,umask=000 0 0

However, I'm not sure "where" the windows partition "is", except that
I can't change directory to /dev/hda1, so I know it's not there.

Everything above is from my actual fstab except the last line to mount
the vfat/FAT32/windows partition.

The files /dev/hda and /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda3 are empty, and
shouldn't they be directories, not files?  My FC3 system's a bit
mucked up somehow.

-Thufir

[Tim]

On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 07:00 +0100, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> /dev/hda1		/mnt/windows		vfat	users,owner,ro,umask=000 0 0
>
> However, I'm not sure "where" the windows partition "is", except that
> I can't change directory to /dev/hda1, so I know it's not there.

It's mounted where your fstab file says:  /mnt/windows

The /dev/hda1 bit is the hardware location, you won't be able to
"browse" that directly.

[Thufir]

On 10/5/05, Tim  wrote:
...
> The /dev/hda1 bit is the hardware location, you won't be able to
> "browse" that directly.

...

How do I know that /dev/hda1 is the windows partition?
If my fstab is in error about the partitions, just on that last line
for the vfat partition location, will it have side effects?

Thanks,

Thufir

[Tim]

Tim:
> > The /dev/hda1 bit is the hardware location, you won't be able to
> > "browse" that directly.

THUFIR HAWAT:
> How do I know that /dev/hda1 is the windows partition?

I was assuming that fstab was written correctly, and that you were just
trying to access the drive incorrectly.
> If my fstab is in error about the partitions, just on that last line
> for the vfat partition location, will it have side effects?

It's options were set to mount it read-only, so you shouldn't be able to
do any harm if you've mounted the wrong partition.

As root, type in the following command line, and it'll list the
partitions on your system.  If it's not /dev/hda1, you can try the
others it lists.  (That's a small letter L after the dash, not a number
one).

e.g. fdisk -l

[Thufir]

On 10/5/05, Tim  wrote:
...
> I was assuming that fstab was written correctly, and that you were just
> trying to access the drive incorrectly.

...

results of fstab-l:
Disk /dev/hda: 30.7 GB, 30750031872 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3738 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1        1427    11462346    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda3            1428        3738    18563107+  83  Linux

So, thank you.  I made it read/write for the vfat partition and am
backing up my data prior to a FC4 upgrade.  Gee, FC1,2,3,4, it's a bit
much.  I'm thinking of switching to Gentoo.  I guess I don't really
need to upgrade, but might as well.

Thanks,

Thufir