New ext3 partition doesn't mount on boot

asininity · 11-05-2007, 05:01 AM

I've been stuck on this one for ages can't seem to find the solution. I've blized my vista partition and using gparted turned it into a ext3 partition I can mount the partition manually fine but wanted it to mount on boot. I deleted the vista section from the grub menu I then changed the fstab file correcting the UUID and with the option "auto" which I assumed would now mount the partition when I started the laptop, but no.

Heres my fstab file the underlined bit is what I'm having trouble with:

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# -- This file has been automaticly generated by ntfs-config --
#
#

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sda3 :
UUID=8e45368b-ca34-43f6-a5c0-3eb9f28939db / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# Entry for /dev/sda1 :
UUID=5C6C052B16D9B5D2 /media/sda1 ntfs umask=222,utf8 0 1
# Entry for /dev/sda2 :
UUID=1c5e974e-6386-4f80-96dd-ba67da68b609 /media/Storage ext3 auto 0 1
# Entry for /dev/sda4 :
UUID=1ddb49d5-157b-44a9-9f95-050ad2481da6 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

Can anyone shed some light on how I can get this new ext3 partition to mount automatically on boot?

colucix · 11-05-2007, 08:30 AM

Why don't simply use defaults, which usually comprises auto? Check man mount to see which options are referred by defaults.

asininity · 11-05-2007, 03:48 PM

Thanks for the reply but its working now I've added some more options:

UUID=1c5e974e-6386-4f80-96dd-ba67da68b609 /media/Storage ext3 rw,user,auto 1 1

I tried the "defaults" option and it didn't work for me, however, that was possibly my own fault. I have an a suspicion it might have had something to do with permissions but can't say for certain which is why I put "user" in the options. Thanks again.