how can i mount a windows shared folder on my linux box.. please tell me the command as well as the enrty i can make in fstab. I am using fc2 n the windows machine's os is XP..
Check your windows partition by issuing command
fdisk -l
o/p will be something like below but difinetly different for your system. ------------------------------------- Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 1275 10241406 7 Win /dev/hda2 1276 4865 28836675 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda5 2651 2688 305203+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 2689 3963 10241406 83 Linux /dev/hda7 3964 4039 610438+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda8 4040 4865 6634813+ 83 Linux
now as windows is installed on /dev/hda1 then you can issue command
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
(create windows dir in /mnt ) if it not works and asks for filesystem type then try -t auto or -t vfat with mount.
After successful mount you can browse your file in /mnt/windows directory.
you can mention in fstab file like this:
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows auto/vfat defaults 0 0
-/Shweta