how to edit fstab/mtab?

g-string 3 · 11-19-2004, 06:33 AM

hello, I use agnula 1.2 (based on Debian).
The problem is my harddiscs are not presented in /mnt.
The cdrom and floppy are in /media (not in /mnt!!!???). They work fine.

But how can I enable my hda1,5,6 in /mnt to be able to mount it?

hda3 is reiserfs
hda1 is fat32
hda5 is fat32
hda6 is ntfs (read-only would be o.k.)

abisko00 · 11-19-2004, 06:52 AM

I don't know if you have ntfs support for your kernel, but try the following:

Login as root and create a mountpoint for each partition (if they are not present already), using the command mkdir /mnt/hdax (x=1,5 or and 6).
Open /etc/fstab with an editor of your choice (e.g. pico /etc/fstab)

For each partition, create a new line with the following information:

Code:

/dev/hdax   /mnt/hdax  vfat(or ntfs)  defaults,umask=000 0 0

Then save and reboot. After reboot you should have the partitions mounted.

Good luck!

g-string 3 · 11-19-2004, 06:59 AM

i opened fstab as root and aded the following line:

/dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 vfat rw,user,noauto 0 0.

This didnt work.

I have not done any moutpoints yet.
I am going to it today. thanks, this could be one important step.

I have another two questions:
- When I save mtab, the changes are disappeared after the next reboot. What is going on?

- what means umask=000?

thanks,

jkobrien · 11-19-2004, 07:03 AM

mtab is generated and modified by the system. It's just a list of what filesystems are mounted, you don't need to edit it.

abisko00 · 11-19-2004, 07:21 AM

Quote:

I have not done any moutpoints yet.

Without mountpoints it will not work.

Quote:

what means umask=000?

Windows filesystems cannot deal with Linux permissions. To get access to those files, one needs to translate these permissions. Umask modifies the default permissions, e.g. umask=000 means no modification of default rights (comparable to chmod 777), whereas umask=002 is equivalent to chmod 775.

g-string 3 · 11-20-2004, 10:16 AM

i did:
/dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 vfat defaults,umask=000 0 0

But the drive still is not displayed in /mnt.

egag · 11-20-2004, 11:16 AM

hi,

you really should try ( as root ) : " #mkdir /mnt/hda5 ".

egag

g-string 3 · 11-21-2004, 08:17 AM

thanks a lot.
It works! its superb.

greets, c