Mounting partition

[saithilak]

I have ntfs and fat32 partitions along with ext2 on my hard disk. I am accessing the ntfs and fat32 partitions with help of mount command in Linux. To access, i have to mount the partitions everytime i boot my computer. I want to know how to make mounting of partitions permanent across boots without having to mount everytime.

[oz]

Have you added them to your fstab file?

[saithilak]

No i didnt. i like to know how to include those partitions in this file (fstab). pls reply.

[oz]

Here's a howto for editing your /etc/fstab file:

http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html

Basically, you'll be adding the commands you've been using to mount the partitions to your fstab file, but possibly with some modifications. There's a section there about ntfs and fat32 partitions.

[S. M. Ibrahim]

Ha , i used mandrake 10. And there i never need to mount any partation.

It's always done by system with every boot.

Please check /mnt/ for your drives.

[borromini]

Ibrahim, that's because your Mandrake already put all your partitions in your fstab at boot. Mandrake is not more powerful than any other linux distro, you know .

[S. M. Ibrahim]

Ibrahim, that's because your Mandrake already put all your partitions in your fstab at boot. Mandrake is not more powerful than any other linux distro, you know Smile.

Yep, i know this. Here i just want to say, as saithilak using mandrake , he no need to mount his partation.

[saithilak]

Its working fine. thanx ozar. I like to know one more point.Though i made changes in fstab file , i could access mounted partitions only through root and not through user login. I tried chmod options and tried changing mounting options in fstab files but still i couldnt access from userlogin. I like to know how to access mounted partiotions from user login.

[oz]

if everything is setup correctly in /etc/fstab, you might need to add your user to the proper group in /etc/group

[S. M. Ibrahim]

Its working fine. thanx ozar. I like to know one more point.Though i made changes in fstab file , i could access mounted partitions only through root and not through user login. I tried chmod options and tried changing mounting options in fstab files but still i couldnt access from userlogin. I like to know how to access mounted partiotions from user login.

I can't understand, which version of mandrake you are using?

I use 9 and 10 of mandrake. In these version i never need to mount my self even removable disk.