Do this (as root):
mkdir /mnt/sda5
mount: mount point /mnt/sda5 does not exist
My /etc/fstab looks like this:
#
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# These appear as they were written by the installer.
# The first three make sense to me, even if I don't understand them.
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cd iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd udf ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/fl vfat user,noauto 0 0
#These are a total mystery.
none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tempfs defaults 0 0#These correspond to my HD partitions.
#Windows partition (featuring MBR).
/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 ntfs noauto,users,umask=0222 0 0
#This is where the good stuff happens.
/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda3 / ext3 defaults 1 1
#These are mostly for fruiting around.
/dev/sda5 /mnt/sda5 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/sda6 /mnt/sda6 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/sda7 /mnt/sda7 ext3 noauto,users.exec 0 0
/dev/sda8 /mnt/sda8 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
#This is a fat32 partition, in case something needs to go from one
#OS to the other.
/dev/sda9 /mnt/sda9 vfat noauto,users,exec 0 0
Except for the active partitions, this is how I had my fstab set up in the distro I'm trying to switch over from, so I'm stumped as to what the problem is.
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