I posted this earlier:

I have Fedora Core 6 and use KDE.

I have an external drive that gets mounted, (when it's turned on), with this line in the /etc/fstab file: /dev/sdb1 /media/disk ntfs-3g defaults,force 0 0

But when I forget to turn on the drive I get a couple of error messages when I boot up. Which is understandable. I try to mount the drive, (instead of rebooting), with the following command: mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/disk -o defaults,force 0 0. But it doesn't work. It gives:

Usage: mount -V : print version
mount -h : print this help
mount : list mounted filesystems
mount -l : idem, including volume labels
So far the informational part. Next the mounting.
The command is `mount [-t fstype] something somewhere'.
Details found in /etc/fstab may be omitted.
mount -a [-t|-O] ... : mount all stuff from /etc/fstab
mount device : mount device at the known place
mount directory : mount known device here
mount -t type dev dir : ordinary mount command
Note that one does not really mount a device, one mounts
a filesystem (of the given type) found on the device.
One can also mount an already visible directory tree elsewhere:
mount --bind olddir newdir
or move a subtree:
mount --move olddir newdir
One can change the type of mount containing the directory dir:
mount --make-shared dir
mount --make-slave dir
mount --make-private dir
mount --make-unbindable dir
One can change the type of all the mounts in a mount subtree
containing the directory dir:
mount --make-rshared dir
mount --make-rslave dir
mount --make-rprivate dir
mount --make-runbindable dir
A device can be given by name, say /dev/hda1 or /dev/cdrom,
or by label, using -L label or by uuid, using -U uuid .
Other options: [-nfFrsvw] [-o options] [-p passwdfd].
For many more details, say man 8 mount .

Can somebody please tell me what I need to do?

Thanks,

royeo

I have received several replies, mostly all telling me to do the same thing. I've issued several different commands ALWAYS getting the same responce:

Failed to access '/dev/sdb1': No such file or directory

It mounts OK at boot up but not when I try to mount it later in a terminal.

Can this be overcome, figured out?

Thanks again,

royeo

Think fc uses udev. If the drive is mounted after bootup then the device may or may not be sdb1. could try and find the constant drive name assigned by udev using udev tools.

And that's why I closed it. Perhaps you should reread the rules you agreed to when registering instead of creating duplicate posts, which is against our rules.