Where's Windows?

Check /etc/fstab and post what it says. You should just be able to do:

vim /etc/fstab

when you want to get out of it type:

:q

If you make any changes you save and exit by this command:

:wq

But if you can, post what is in your /etc/fstab file.

I'll have to do that tonight after I get off from work and I'll also try some of the other options.

Just a few things if you want to try the other suggestions. When you want to create a directory use: mkdir. What you asked above would look like this:

mkdir /Windows/C

vim /etc/fstab

You will then be in a texteditor with the file open. Add this line:

/dev/hda1 /windows/C ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0

Then use :wq to write to file and exit. It is best if you going into the terminal/konsole and become superuser.

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/dev/hda1 /windows/C ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0


Then use :wq to write to file and exit. It is best if you going into the terminal/konsole and become superuser.


do I hit enter then type wq? or do I hit the spacebar then wq, then enter? also, is vim the command used to edit directories?

Vim is the command to use the text editor Vi Enhanced. When you are in Vim, you will need to hit Insert in order to add a line. Once the line is added, hit Esc. This will bring you back to a Read-only type mode. then all you do is type :wq and hit enter after and the file will be written.

If you find the vi or vim editor as difficult and non-intuitive as I do, you might want to give "pico" a try.

Is pico good? I've used nano and vim. I think the easiest of the 2 is nano but I haven't looked for a Suse version yet. Anyway, mgardner is right. You don't need to use vim if you are used to or want to try something else.

that's exactly what I needed. I will try those tonight. Thanks!

Let us know if you have any problems tonight.

I think pico and nano might be similar or the same, sort of like vi and vim. Pico came with SUSE 9.0, but I can't remember if it came with Personal or if I got it from the Pro disks. Like vim, it is a console based text editor, but you use the arrow keys to move around, and Ctrl keys for scrolling, searching, and other functions.

I remember in '94 I took a Fortran programming class. We wrote our programs on Unix terminals (no GUI), and were forced to learn the vi editor. Gawd, I hated it (although it does come in handy now when I run "crontab -e" and it pops up the vi editor by default). My first day in in front of the terminal was spent learning vi instead of learning to program. I just assumed it was the only text editor available, otherwise they would've given us the choice, right? Then someone else told me about pico, and needless to say I used it for the remainder of the class.

I've heard from countless geeks and programmer types that "vi" is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I just don't get it.