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You're right on on both. BTW: Here are some suggestions:
Add the following to your /etc/fstab making the appropriate chages. 
/dev/hda1       /windoz/c            vfat            rw,noauto,user,exec 0  
0

This allows a regular (non-root) user to mount.
All the user needs to do is type mount /windows/c (in this case).

However, the file 
Douglas Melniker wrote:
> > How do I shut off the box halting on control-alt-delete because
> > my son (and
> > I) are used to working on a NT box...
> 
> In the file /etc/inittab, edit the line
> 	ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
> to your liking. For instance:
> 	ca::ctrlaltdel:/bin/echo "Don't press that!"
> Restart and you're all set!
> 
> > Second.. How can I make my other 9 gig disk of windows files be
> > access-able
> > from the RH operating system..
> 
> 'mkdir /mnt/win; mount /dev/hda1 -t vfat /mnt/win', assuming /dev/hda1 is
> the partition you want to mount. I'm pretty sure about this, but I haven't
> mounted anything locally in a while. If I'm wrong, someone let me know.
> 
> Doug Melniker
> 
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