How to mount devices at startup?

rivalslayer · #1 24th September 2007, 10:41 AM

I am a newbie in Linux. I used Fedora 7, but one day, when installing Windows XP again, I removed GRUB. I could repair but I decided to make a clean install of Fedora 7. But while configuring the partitions, I forgot to set the mount point of other FAT pertitons. Now, how can I mount a hard drive during startup? Please help.

Now I have to use mount command everytime to mount the HDD parts.

Pleeease help...

FriedChips · #2 24th September 2007, 10:52 AM

you will want to add that to your fstab file

Code:

su -
vi /etc/fstab

that is the file that tells your system what to mount at boot time. Be careful with it and make a backup before you mess with it

Code:

cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.backup

hermouche · #3 24th September 2007, 12:19 PM

create a directory xxx
mkdir /mnt/xxx

write the following in the fstab file then type mount -a, it will mount the sda1 HDD in this case
/dev/sda1 /mnt/xxx vfat defaults 0 0

sda1 should be your HDD

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rivalslayer · #4 2nd October 2007, 12:05 PM

Thanks a lot!!!

Night Fire · #5 20th February 2011, 03:06 PM

I think this worked.

Code:

/dev/sdb1 /mnt/Movies ntfs defaults 0 0

Does this look right?

***bob*** · #6 20th February 2011, 03:19 PM

Ummm....did you notice that this thread's been "dead" for nearly 4 years? Let's keep it that way. Thread Closed.