/etc/fstab ?

[Clinton MacDonald]

Mr. Parks:

On Tuesday, October 28, 2003, at 05:09  PM, Ted Parks wrote:
> I cannot make YDL 3.0.1 remember changes made to /etc/fstab after 
> editing the file in pico. As soon as I shut the machine down, it 
> forgets that I added a line so that I could mount my floppy drive on a 
> Beige G3. And neither will YDL remember the file /mnt/floppy after I 
> create it in the /mnt directory. It vanishes after I shut down the 
> machine.

Both those chores must be done while logged in as root. Did you do 
that? (Although, pico would have complained if you tried to edit a file 
owned by root).

Otherwise, this might be a non-newbie question, and you might have to 
ask on the yellowdog-general list:

<http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general>

Best wishes,
Clint

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