I have a USB external drive that I would like to keep mounted and attached to my Linux box. I think I formated it correctly using FDISK as ext3 however I don't know how I properly mount it to my system was read/write and how this would like properly in /etc/fstab.

Does anyone mind assisting me or providing information that will help me add/mount my USB drive as a writable partition?

Here is what parted shows for drive info:

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Here is how my current /etc/fstab is configured:

# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot1 /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
LABEL=/home1 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
LABEL=/usr /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/var /var ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=SWAP-sda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda /media/cdrecorder auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/sde1 /media/handy vfat pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0


/dev/sde1 is a USB drive I use for music and not the drive in question but I would want the new USB drive to work just like /media/handy. When I plug it in, it auto mounts and I can read and write anything I want to it assuming it has enough capacity.

Edit this line:

dev/sde1 /media/handy vfat pamconsole,fscontext=system_ubject_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0

to this:

/dev/sde1 /media/handy ext3 noauto,user,defaults 0 0

You can make the mount point anything you want instead of /media/handy. Actually, check /media and make sure the "handy" directory is there; it may be dynamically generated by udev/pamconsole and removed when you disconnect the drive. If that's the case, just create /media/handy:

# mkdir /media/handy

or use whatever other name you want for the mount point.

The above entry is set to have sde1 not automount on boot(noauto option) but ordinary users can mount the drive, i.e. you don't have to be root(user option). If you want to automount the drive on boot, just delete the noauto and user option from the line. However, if you do that, you will have to have the drive connected and on at boot time or the system may not boot.

Finally, to set the permissions on sde1 giving all users rwx, mount sde1 and run as root:

# chmod -R 777 /media/handy

The above command must be run with sde1 mounted or it won't work.

Thanks - I will follow what you noted above however I think I did not explain that I am not wanting to replace /dev/sde1 which mounts to /media/handy. That was only an example of a working portable usb drive I have. I am wanting to add another drive which I showed you in qtparted and it shows up on my dmesg as "/dev/sdc1" however I think I can follow that info and rather than replace, just add to fstab.

OK - here is now what I have...

# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot1 /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
LABEL=/home1 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
LABEL=/usr /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/var /var ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=SWAP-sda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda /media/cdrecorder auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/sde1 /media/USBDRIVE vfat pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /media/usbdisk ext3 pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0


Now my last question is that it auto mounts the drive as /media/USBDRIVE and /media/usbdisk and I was wondering how I would edit that to read /media/<whatever>?