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Gauvenator

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Registered: 2008-04-03

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[SOLVED]Mounting

Is there a way for me to specify exactly where a certain partition mounts at startup?  It keeps changing from boot-to-boot and is throwing off Amarok, as the files keep changing location.

Last edited by Gauvenator (2008-05-12 23:52:52)

stefan1975

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Re: [SOLVED]Mounting

if you know which device it is you could perhaps set it in the /etc/fstab by creating a mountpoint /mnt/{device}

#/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom   iso9660   ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
#/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd   udf   ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
/dev/{device} /mnt/{device} FSTYPE OPTIONS 0 0

stefan

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Wilku

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Registered: 2007-07-04

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Re: [SOLVED]Mounting

I'd say more. You should use the following options user,auto,unhide if you want it to mount automatically at startup and the user should have access to the partition. Godspeed.

_Marco_

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Registered: 2008-04-21

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Re: [SOLVED]Mounting

if you know which device it is you could ...

this is interesting... is there any command to show what are the possible devices?

stefan1975

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Re: [SOLVED]Mounting

if you know which device it is you could ...

this is interesting... is there any command to show what are the possible devices?

these commands might help if that is what you meant:

$ sudo grep -i dev /var/log/everything
$ sudo dmesg
$ sudo lspci (-tv)
$ cat /proc/devices

stefan

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dschrute

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From: NJ, USA

Registered: 2007-04-09

Posts: 183

Re: [SOLVED]Mounting

If you're using ext2 or ext3 ( and I think xfs ) you should be able to use labels on the partitions.

For example you can set a ext2/3 partition label to SOMELABEL by doing :
e2label /dev/sdc1 SOMELABEL

Then mount it by :
mount -L SOMELABEL /mymountpoint

You can add an entry in fstab like :
LABEL=SOMELABEL    /mymountpoint    ext3    OPTIONS HERE.....

That way it won't matter what device the partion labeled MYPART winds up at, it will go to the same place regardless.  Maybe other fs types also have this, but I always use ext3, so I can't say for sure.

For more info see :
http://linux.die.net/man/8/mount
http://linux.die.net/man/8/e2label
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RenameUSBDrive

Gauvenator

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Registered: 2008-04-03

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Re: [SOLVED]Mounting

So should this work in the fstab:

/dev/sdb1 /media/windows HPFS/NTFS user,auto,unhide 0 0

Any other options I should use?  (sorry can't use the labels; it's ntfs)

this is interesting... is there any command to show what are the possible devices?

try as root:

fdisk -l

Last edited by Gauvenator (2008-05-12 22:36:38)

Gauvenator

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Re: [SOLVED]Mounting

I ended up adding this in the fstab:

/dev/sdb1 /media/windows ntfs user,auto,uid=1000,gid=100 0 0

And now it mounts where I want it to automatically on startup.  Hooray   Thanks everyone!

Last edited by Gauvenator (2008-05-12 23:53:20)

robmaloy

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Registered: 2008-05-14

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Re: [SOLVED]Mounting

if you want write access, use ntfs-3g instead of just ntfs (you have to install the "ntfs-3g" package)

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Gauvenator

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Re: [SOLVED]Mounting

if you want write access, use ntfs-3g instead of just ntfs (you have to install the "ntfs-3g" package)

Cool I hadn't realized I couldn't write yet.  Saved me some frustration!  Thanks!