yeah. i ll o/p the commands eddie has askedfor and also try out the formatting thing roller coaster has suggested. sorry cant install xp again n all. jus not installed xp and after that installed FC5.
/legolas
o/p of /etc/fstab
Code:
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdd1 /mnt/windows ntfs ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/external ntfs ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/hdc5 /mnt/xvids ntfs ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/hdc6 /mnt/softwares ntfs ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/hdc10 /mnt/bitme ntfs ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/hdc7 /mnt/linuxpart vfat rw,deafults,umask=0222 0
o/p of /etc/mtab
Code:
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 / ext3 rw 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/hdc8 /boot ext3 rw 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
/dev/hdd1 /mnt/windows ntfs ro,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/external ntfs ro,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/hdc5 /mnt/xvids ntfs ro,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/hdc6 /mnt/softwares ntfs ro,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/hdc10 /mnt/bitme ntfs ro,umask=0222 0 0
none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0
sunrpc /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw 0 0
automount(pid1952) /net autofs rw,fd=4,pgrp=1952,minproto=2,maxproto=4 0 0
/legolas
guys,
thk you very much. i managed to solve the issue. it was actually very blunt mistake on my part. i checked online and changed the umask = 0222 to umask = 0000 in the vfat related partition and also added another 0 in the extreme right. and it worked. thks a lot guys!!!
/legolas