For some reason my external USB hard drive did not automatically mount during installation of Mandrake 9.2. It did mount fine in 9.1. How do I correct this problem? Below is my fstab file. I edited the line in brackets so that I can at least access files but I can't write to it. The line below with an asterisk indicates what the line was originally. If more info is needed, please let me know. Thanks guys.

/dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
none /mnt/cdrom supermount
dev=/dev/hdc,fs=udf:iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0
none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount
dev=/dev/scd0,fs=udf:iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount
dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,codepage=850,sync,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0
0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c ntfs ro,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0
[/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbhd vfat ro,noauto,user 0 0]*
/dev/hda6 /mnt/win_d vfat codepage=850,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0


*/dev/sda1 /mnt/win_c2 vfat codepage=850,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0

eliminate the ro (=read only) option in the mount command.
Are you sure not to include the codepage info like in other mount commands?
-- Beat

Well, I am able to access and and write to the hard drive. However, during reboot, I get a failed message for mounting the /dev/sda1 device "device not available". I can then go back into the Quikdisk? or Mandrake Control Center and remount the drive and then be able to access it. How do I correct this problem so that the drive is mounted during the boot process. Thanks.

I don't have an usb drive, but you mention it worked ok in 9.1. I suggest the initrd for 9.1 enabled usb whereas your 9.2 initrd does not but relies on the kernel to enable usb.
If I am correct, grab those files you need and re-do the mkinitrd command. There should be a doc somewhere to help you on this.

Ok, thanks for the reply. Can I find s omething like that on Google? What do you suggest?

from a terminal try
man mkinitrd

on the net google is my friend

http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/...te_initrd.html