Subject: Re: Newbie woes again... Part 2
From: Ed Jaeger (ed.jaeger@bgcorp.com)
Date: Sat Feb 26 2000 - 19:51:31 MST
Do you actually have an empty directory named /etc/macvol to use as a
mount point? if not, make one via the following (as root):
mkdir /mount/macvol
chmod a+rwx /mount/macvol
For the other devices you make mount points for them - I use /mnt/cdr
for my CD burner and /mnt/zip for the ZIP. You need to look through the
boot messages to se what /dev device they are assigned to:
dmesg | more
Then make entries in /etc/fstab for them - the CD burner will be similar
to the CD-ROM, the ZIP is similar to a hard drive.
Bryce Verdier wrote:
>
> I tried to do the mod to /etc/fstab... but it keeps saying that the
> mount point doesn't exist when i do the mount -a command...
>
> also... how do i go and set this up for my zip drive and cd burner...
> both scsi id=5 for zip and id=6 ( i believe) for the burner?
>
> Ed Jaeger wrote:
> >
> > There are two ways I do it:
> > -Mount your Mac volume in Linux with write permission
> > -Use MountX to mount your Linux partition when you're running MacOS
> >
> > The first is real easy - look at the file /etc/fstab. Here's mine:
> >
> > /dev/hda7 / ext2 defaults
> > 1 1
> > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults
> > 0 0
> > /dev/hda5
> /mnt/macvol hfs defaults 0 0
> > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto
> > 0 0
> > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro
> > 0 0
> > none /proc proc defaults
> > 0 0
> > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0622
> > 0 0
> >
> > You should have a line like my /dev/hda5 line, but for /dev/hda4.
> ALSO
> > make sure you have a directory /mnt/macvol (you don't have to use this
>
> > name, btw). If this line is missing become root, put it in, then run
> > the command "mount -a", which should moount partitions in etc/fstab
> that
> > aren't already mounted. If this works then it will mount every time
> you boot.
> >
> > If the above works then you can copy vmlinux (or any other file) to
> your
> > Mac partition!
> >
> > I would also recommend getting MountX. With this you can have your
> > Linux partition show up (read-only by default) on your Mac desktop,
> and
> > you can copy files with regular Finder actions.
-- --- Ed Jaeger"The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money."
-- Anonymous
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