[SOLVED] Teach me how to access my other drives! Kubuntu10.04, can't write to other partitions

EricTRA · 05-20-2011, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bhakta Neal

will i type ?

---------- Post added 05-20-11 at 12:10 PM ----------

Ok, I did so anyway!

Dude, patience is a virtue!

I was typing your step by step instructions.

Bhakta Neal · 05-20-2011, 11:23 AM

The results:

Quote:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
/dev/sda1 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=e05c7519-bb29-4e72-b7b2-2bda220fe058 none swap sw $
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/sda4 /mnt/data ext3 auto,user,rw 1 2

Then:

Quote:

neally@honeybear:~$ sudo mount -a
mount: mount point /mnt/data does not exist

And, of course the partition is still unavailable via gui Dolphin.

Bhakta Neal · 05-20-2011, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Dude, patience is a virtue!

I was typing your step by step instructions.

Ha sorry to seem impatient! I was actually reading the wiki, posting step by step, trying to understand what I was doing. I knew you were typing a long one!

EricTRA · 05-20-2011, 11:26 AM

Hi,

As I mentioned in my rather large post, maybe you missed it, you need to have a directory /mnt/data if you want to mount a partition to it. If you want to mount the partition to another directory you need to change /mnt/data to that. And you also need to make sure you have the correct permissions set on that same directory in order to have the rights you need to access the mounted partition.

So, do you have a directory where you want to mount the parition? If so what is it and run the following command on it:

Code:

ls -l yourdirectory_you_want_to_mount_the_partition_to

Post the output first before doing anything else.

Kind regards,

Eric

Bhakta Neal · 05-20-2011, 11:29 AM

[Hangs head in shame]

I have not created a directory. This is a basic thing you taught me, but I dont remember. After we are done here I will need to review the Lorax threads.

Bhakta Neal · 05-20-2011, 11:31 AM

Also, I am not sure where the mounting "should" go, and why it would be a good choice. For example, I dont understand the difference between /mnt and /media and a custom directory.

EricTRA · 05-20-2011, 11:32 AM

Hi,

Always keep your head up and never be ashamed to learn. To create directory, for example DATA in your home directory type the following:

Code:

mkdir /home/neally/DATA

and next change in the fstab file with the same commands as before the /mnt/data to /home/neally/DATA. After saving and closing the editor run:

Code:

mount /home/neally/DATA

That should mount the partition correctly and you should have your lost+found folder in /home/neally/DATA.

Kind regards,

Eric

EricTRA · 05-20-2011, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bhakta Neal

Also, I am not sure where the mounting "should" go, and why it would be a good choice. For example, I dont understand the difference between /mnt and /media and a custom directory.

Hi,

Basically you can mount the partition where you want, considering you as user have the permissions to that mountpoint, but it's good practice to put personal data under your /home/<username> directory. General data for other users to access can be put in a mountpoint under /mnt where permissions can be changed to give access to others too.

Kind regards,

Eric

corp769 · 05-20-2011, 11:37 AM

Hello,

To add what Eric said - /mnt is normally where you will want to mount your drives and devices, whereas /media is there for more system automount "stuff" - If you would enable automount, your system will mount everything in /media. Just trying to make that simple.

Cheers,

Josh

Bhakta Neal · 05-20-2011, 11:46 AM

Did that:

Quote:

neally@honeybear:~$ sudo nano /etc/fstab
[sudo] password for neally:
neally@honeybear:~$ sudo mount -a
neally@honeybear:~$ mount /home/neally/DATA
mount: /dev/sda4 already mounted or /home/neally/DATA busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/sda4 is already mounted on /home/neally/DATA

Now, do I have permissions screwed up? I ask because now I can navigate via gui to /home/neally/DATA, but I can not make new folder (ghosted out in the right-click menu),

and,

I can open the /home/neally/DATA/lost + found, but also can not write to it, as above.

Thanks for the clarity, Josh.

Bhakta Neal · 05-20-2011, 11:48 AM

Here is current fstab, if it is needed:

Quote:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
/dev/sda1 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=e05c7519-bb29-4e72-b7b2-2bda220fe058 none swap sw $
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/sda4 /home/neally/DATA ext3 auto,user,rw 1 2

EricTRA · 05-20-2011, 11:49 AM

Hi,

What's the output of

Code:

ls -l /home/neally/

Kind regards,

Eric

Bhakta Neal · 05-20-2011, 11:50 AM

It is:

Quote:

neally@honeybear:~$ ls -l /home/neally/
total 36
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2011-05-17 23:27 DATA
drwxr-xr-x 2 neally neally 4096 2011-05-19 14:56 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 2 neally neally 4096 2011-05-20 12:40 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 3 neally neally 4096 2011-05-19 14:01 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x 2 neally neally 4096 2011-05-17 23:41 Music
drwxr-xr-x 2 neally neally 4096 2011-05-17 23:41 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x 2 neally neally 4096 2011-05-17 23:41 Public
drwxr-xr-x 2 neally neally 4096 2011-05-17 23:41 Templates
drwxr-xr-x 2 neally neally 4096 2011-05-17 23:41 Videos

EricTRA · 05-20-2011, 11:52 AM

Hi,

OK, you created the directory with sudo apparently since owner is set to root:root. Run the following to fix that:

Code:

sudo chown -R neally:neally /home/neally/DATA

then run the ls -l command again and post output.

As I told you in one of the previous posts you need to make sure that you as user have permissions to that directory where you will mount your partition to.

Kind regards,

Eric

Bhakta Neal · 05-20-2011, 11:58 AM

Yes, Im sorry I spaced out on the owner details.

Quote:

neally@honeybear:~$ ls -l
total 36
drwxr-xr-x 3 neally neally 4096 2011-05-17 23:27 DATA
drwxr-xr-x 2 neally neally 4096 2011-05-19 14:56 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 2 neally neally 4096 2011-05-20 12:50 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 3 neally neally 4096 2011-05-19 14:01 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x 2 neally neally 4096 2011-05-17 23:41 Music
drwxr-xr-x 2 neally neally 4096 2011-05-17 23:41 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x 2 neally neally 4096 2011-05-17 23:41 Public
drwxr-xr-x 2 neally neally 4096 2011-05-17 23:41 Templates
drwxr-xr-x 2 neally neally 4096 2011-05-17 23:41 Videos

Wow, now I see the difference in this result! I think Im getting this. It should work now!

It works! SOLVED!

Will this be available like this every time I boot?

Also, I notice there are 2 ways to navigate to it: Via /home.... and in the Places menu in my Dolphin. Very nice :-D