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bionnaki

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Registered: 2006-09-05

Posts: 289

/etc/fstab and external harddrive question

hello. I have a usb external harddrive that I am attempting to mount. In /etc/fstab, I have entered:

/dev/sda1  /mnt/usb  reiserfs  rw,user,auto  0  0

I receive an error that says sda1 is not found, although I am pretty sure that is the where the partition is. In fact, on a previous arch installation (and in my current ubuntu partition), that worked just fine.

so, my question is, how can I find out the exact location? or what else should I do?

thanks

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: /etc/fstab and external harddrive question

To find the device name, plug it in and then check your logs.

Better still, to make sure your device is always assigned the same user-friendly name e.g. /dev/usbdrive, have a look at this.

bionnaki

Member

Registered: 2006-09-05

Posts: 289

Re: /etc/fstab and external harddrive question

thanks. I figured it out. that wiki entry was helpful. should have looked there first