I'm not sure what distro you're using, but you could eithr use rc.local, or probably a better idea is to use /etc/fstab. HTH, Chris Norman <!-- chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com --> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marvin Rush" <w5mrr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:48 AM Subject: RE: Mounting windows folders as folders on linux box. > Well I can do the mount by hand like so > > Mount //marvin/mp3 /home/mp3 that works and I can read the files from the > other machine. What I would like to do is make that process automatic so I > don't have to type it every time the computer re-boots. I have looked at > the > samba file and swat but most of this referrs to doing things the other way > letting people see the folders on a linux box in windows.Thanks Marv > > > Join Lorie and Marvin on www.interactive.acbradio.org for the Folk > connection Saturdays from 18 to 20 GMT. > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Steve Holmes > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:42 PM > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > Subject: Re: Mounting windows folders as drives > > -----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----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
