On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:17:34 +0200, Carlos <garciasuarez@ya.com> wrote:
> Timo Voipio wrote:
> > Carlos wrote:
> >> My question is: How do I mount this device? Do I have to touch the
> >> /etc/fstab file? I did that and almost blocked the system.
> > The device file is /dev/sda (given that you don't have any SCSI disks).
> > Partition is (usually) 1 and file system (usually) vfat. Might be a good
> > idea to first mount it read-only and check whether it works out.
> > -Timo
> Thanks, by do I need to touch fstab or can I just use mount -t vfat .....?

hi,
you don't need to touch fstab at all,
but you should really take a look at
man 5 fstab
man 8 mount
to understand why.

regards, Frank

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