fstab problems

**sdousley** · 03-17-2004

Hi, i didn't know where to put this, thought this would be reasonable as it's to do with hard disks....

What is a suggested set of rules for mounting a Windows FAT32 drive under Linux to auto mount at boot? Currently i have

Code:

noauto,user,sync    0 0

now i know the noauto will cause it to not mount at boot... however, i haven't had a lot of experience in using the fstab file. I want to be able to write to a windows drive, and treat it as i would in windows. What's the best settings for the fstab/user settings?

**Hellmasker** · 03-18-2004

mine all llook like

Code:

/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_c vfat umask=0 defaults 0 0

**sdousley** · 03-18-2004

and i assume you can do everything on them? read/write/delete?

**Hellmasker** · 03-18-2004

yep the umask=0 thing pretty much means anyone can read/write them, if u search i remeber this beign explained in details a few weeks ago

and if for some reason u want user to be able to mount/umount the drive add ,user in there. bu this IMO should not be included since the drive will mount at boot

**Mystic_Slayer** · 03-18-2004

If you are using WinXP with NTFS partioning notice this first:

Kernel 2.6.x or higher has read/write support for NTFS,

Lower then 2.6.x doesn't have write support

**Giro** · 03-18-2004

Originally Posted by Mystic_Slayer

If you are using WinXP with NTFS partioning notice this first:

Kernel 2.6.x or higher has read/write support for NTFS,

Lower then 2.6.x doesn't have write support

I would be carefull with that comment what i have found is that you cannot create new files/folders only modify them. Recheck your source and post back for us with details thanks.

**robak** · 03-18-2004

the readme of 2.6 kernels says that you only can modify data on NTFS partitions, without changing their size. i also isn't possible to create or delete folders or files

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