Auto mounting drives with write access at startup
 

Hello

I have just found out that although I can read all partitons, I can only write to the system part. Tried as root.

How can I tell it to mount all drives/parts with full read/write access on startup?

Thanks

Hong

You need to set them as RW in fstab. For fat32 partitions (windows) you could add "umask=000" to the third column in fstab.

Here is my fstab file:

# /etc/fstab: filesystem table.
#
# filesystem mountpoint type options dump pass
/dev/hdb2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /floppy vfat defaults,user,noauto,showexec,umask=022 0 0
usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0
/dev/dvd /dvd iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0
/dev/cdaudio /cdaudio iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hdc1 /mnt/hdc1 ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,umask=000 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hdd5 /mnt/hdd5 ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,umask=000 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hdb1 none swap defaults 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hdb3 /mnt/hdb3 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0

I'm guessing I change it to:

# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hdc1 /mnt/hdc1 ntfs noauto,users,exec,rw,umask=000 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hdd5 /mnt/hdd5 ntfs noauto,users,exec,rw,umask=000 0 0

Is that right? Also, what about the other 2 below it? I want everything writabel. How would I change those?

Thanks a lot

Hong

Haven't tried in KNoppix, but this is my fstab entry for a windows partition:

/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows/c vfat defaults,umask=000 0 0

You don't want to write to swap, that's a 'memory' partition for the system.

well hdc1 is my (ntfs) data partition, and so hdd5. hdb3 is (ext3) empty, but will store data.

hdb1 is my swap it seems.

so, is what i posted correct? out of curiousity, whats the syntax/switches for this?

Looks OK.
I think you could substitute 'noauto,users,exec,rw' fro 'defaults'

As for the meaning of it all, the first column describes the 'real' location of a device according to the system, the second where it will be mounted. The third, the file system, the fourth mount option. The last has, if I remember correctly, something to do with integrity checks.

For more info on the mount options: man mount

Thanks. I'll post back if there is a problem but it looks simple enough.

Regards

Hong

hm,

can u write on an NTFS drive?

its safe? I don't know. just look for that.

u can add an option in 'mount'
uid=<username>
so that user owns that mount.


bye