I tried this on a Jag upgraded machine (Beige G3 with 2 partitions, "OS_X" and "Apps")...

I'm trying to mount the second partition as a directory within the main file system (so I don't have to go through /Volumes/). Ultimately, (if I could get this to work), I'd like to replace the "Applications" folder on my OS X drive with the mounted "Apps" drive.

I've used the syntax below (with both, "/New_Appications" and "/New_Appications/") and the drive doesn't mount upon restart. When I run disk utility, I can see the drive, but it is grayed out and will not mount when I try using the "Mount" menu item.

LABEL=Apps /New_Appications/ hfs rw 1 2
(wih tabs between entries)

Any suggestions?


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Not sure why it doesn't work on yours. My setup works with the following contents for /etc/fstab:

LABEL=swap /swap hfs rw 1 2
LABEL=Users /Users hfs rw 1 2

Of course I had to create /swap and /Users first, and changed their permissions to 777. I noticed that they had these permissions when they were originally in /Volumes.

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LABEL=swap /swap hfs rw 1 2 LABEL=Users /Users hfs rw 1 2 Of course I had to create /swap and /Users first, and changed their permissions to 777. I noticed that they had these permissions when they were originally in /Volumes.

Ok, I don't get it. Which one is the volume's name? Is it the 1st one? And do I need to add /Volumes befor the name if i have it under other partition? Example, I put my applications under a partition named anna. Then, which line should I put in it? LABEL=anna /Applications hfs rw 1 2 or LABEL=/Volumes/anna /Applications hfs rw 1 2 ot LABEL=Applications anna hfs rw 1 2 or LABEL=Applications /Volumes/anna hfs rw 1 2 Thanks for any help.

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Nevermind, it works! woo hoo!


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***UPDATE***:

It works now. A detail escaped me. It seems that in order to mount the disk as a directory, the directory must already exist. In my case, I now have my Applications partition mount where the 'Applications' folder was on my OS_X partition.

A good reason for doing this (as opposed to just aliasing or creating a symbolic link) is that the Apple installer should recognize this partition as my 'Applications' folder.

I also used the tip below and renamed the Applications partition with a '.' in front so it wouldn't also mount on the desktop. Thanks for the tip!

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When you append a "." to the name of the dir (aka mountpoint) does the Apple installer and others still see that as the "Applications" dir?

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Not having much luck with this one myself - and I am pretty familiar with fstab setup in Linux. FYI - there is an excellent fstab resource here: http://www.humbug.org.au/talks/fstab/fstab.html

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i tried this for my /Users dirextory and it worked like it should, but the volume was still visible on the desktop.

the solution: rename the volumes with disktool so that the name begins with a dot ( . )

just do "disktool -n device newname"

to find out which volume is which device just write "mount" at the prompt and a list och all mounted devices shows up

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