After finally gettin KNOPPIX installed to a spare HD, as follows:

Old WD Caviar 4GB
256MB Linux swap partition
3.8GB Linux ext2 partition

Setup is:
Acer 32x CDRom
Acer 6206 CD-RW
10GB WD drive on /dev/hda which was wimp98SE w/4 partitions, vfat
4GB WD drive on /dev/hdc

I boot from floppy to the hdc drive for KNOPPIX/debian, it makes it easier for me to go back to wimpdoze on hda. I built a new box to current standards after this one decided it didn't want to access the internet via my LAN or dialup under wimpdoze (Works GREAT under Knoopix!). Eventually wimp xp pro will go onto hda as a way to support this for several reasons .. .

But anyway.....

Booting up into either root or another user doesn't give me all the partitions on hda or my CD-RW

Ok, so somethings not set up right. Using the CD all these were found and cute little icons on the desktop etc...

No problem, fstab is obvisouly the problem, right?

Well before mucking things up, I'll ASK first, before I mess things up OR CORRUPT the hda.

What should I change in fstab, below to get everything to be mounted EACH BOOT for ANY USER.

The icons I think I figured out how to put them back on the desktop, but linux setup is still relativiely new.

/etc/fstab as it stands:


# /etc/fstab: filesystem table.
#
# filesystem mountpoint type options dump pass
/dev/hdc2 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hdc1 none swap sw 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /floppy vfat defaults,user,noauto,showexec,umask=022 0 0
/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noexec,auto 0 0
# partitions found by Knoppix
#/dev/hdc2 /mnt/hdc2 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0
#/dev/hdc5 /mnt/hdc5 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0
#/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppi x 0 0
#/dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppi x 0 0
#/dev/hda6 /mnt/hda6 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppi x 0 0
#/dev/hda7 /mnt/hda7 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppi x 0 0

What I THINK it should be to solve this....


# /etc/fstab: filesystem table.
#
# filesystem mountpoint type options dump pass
/dev/hdc2 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hdc1 none swap sw 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /floppy vfat defaults,user,noauto,showexec,umask=022 0 0
/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /cdrom1 iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noexec,auto 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat auto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 vfat auto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/hda6 /mnt/hda6 vfat auto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/hda7 /mnt/hda7 vfat auto,users,exec 0 0


# partitions found by Knoppix
#/dev/hdc2 /mnt/hdc2 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0
#/dev/hdc5 /mnt/hdc5 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0
#/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppi x 0 0
#/dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppi x 0 0
#/dev/hda6 /mnt/hda6 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppi x 0 0
#/dev/hda7 /mnt/hda7 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppi x 0 0

Better way, corrections...???

Thanks!