[NTLUG:Discuss] fstab entry for a Windoze partition

[terry]

Wayne Dahl wrote:

>Hi guys.  I just installed the latest version of Wine (wine-20030508) on
>my computer running RH 8.0 and noticed that it didn't recognize the
>Windoze partition because it didn't find an entry for it in the fstab. 
>I've wondered about that before...what is the correct entry for a Win98
>partition in the fstab?  
>
Assuming your MS Windows partition is hda1:
/dev/hda1   /mnt/hda1   vfat rw,defaults 0 0
should do it.

>When I was configuring this box, I never really
>did understand that and, consequently, it never got added.  Since Win98
>is already installed on this machine anyway, I'd just as soon use the
>native DLL's for the Windoze stuff I have on here and my understanding
>is that the apps will use the native Windoze libraries and Wine will
>basically interpret for Linux.  True?
>
>After I make the fstab entry, I can just remove the config file in .wine
>and rerun the ./tools/wineinstall to set it up to run from the native
>Windows partition, yes?
>
>I appreciate your help.  I'm trying to wean my wife off the Win98 box
>and am setting up the Linux box to run the applications she's used to
>from Win98 until I can show her a better way to operate.  :)
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Wayne
>
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