-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 That could be a good point. Actually, if network mounting is in order, it should be smbmount instead. If you use mount, you would have to specify a mount type like smbfs or something. If mount can be used with samba now, then that's something new I didn't know. Yes, I was interpreting the original question as if it were on the same machine. On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 12:50:30PM -0500, Thomas Stivers wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 08:14:57 PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > > Assuming your windows partition is a FAT 32 as opposed to FAT 16, use a > > mount command like this: > > mount -t vfat /dev/hda3 /mnt/mp3 > > Note: I assumed your windows partition was located on /dev/hda3 and a > > subdirectory of mp3 exists under the /mnt directory. Look over and read > > carefully the manpage for mount. It will tell you a lot. > > I may be misreading the original question, but I took it to mean > mounting a shared folder from another box. Steve's directions are good > for mounting a local drive or partition. If its a network share use > > mount //<box_name>/<share_Name> /mnt/something > > Where <box_name> and <share_name> are the names of the netbios name and > folder name on windows box respectively. > > This assumes you have samba installed and working and the share is > visible from the linux box of course. > > - -- > "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. > Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, > by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan > > Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFERSbl5JK61UXLur0RA5KCAJ4xxneTx6/LKAVFubwuztdXFIhMSwCeO/FL > gG8dFvPY7JulbjnBz1L+azw= > =R2d4 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFERUEBWSjv55S0LfERA38RAJ41EjqVcPoVlqA3a+P9AP1CIuV2UQCg8Fsz vHDkenBXiz05ijz+Td/ZmDU= =oayF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----