Help editing fstab to mount hard drives

ChootarLaal · 03-01-2008, 12:36 PM

trying to mount a few hard drives with editing this fstab file, i did follow the instructions on tuxfiles but cant seem to get anywhere with this. the changes are in bold. do i need to add the UUIDs? where do i find those out? thanks in advance.

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=abdf0e72-f64f-4fe3-a203-12d40f1c637e / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=391406a0-660a-4c97-a423-d075e4476511 none swap sw 0 0

#start changes
/dev/sdb1 /media/Disk_3 / ntfs defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/sdc1 /media/Disk_4 / ntfs defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hdd1 /media/Disk_5 / ntfs defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hdd2 /media/Disk_6 / ntfs defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
#end changes

/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0

Nylex · 03-01-2008, 12:46 PM

For some reason you've added an extra "/" in each of those lines (the one between the mount point and the filesystem type).

ChootarLaal · 03-01-2008, 01:04 PM

after removing the "/", i do the following

Code:

 sudo mount -a

but it gives the following errors

mount: mount point /media/Disk_3 does not exist
mount: mount point /media/Disk_4 does not exist
mount: mount point /media/Disk_5 does not exist
mount: mount point /media/Disk_6 does not exist

Nylex · 03-01-2008, 01:06 PM

The solution to this is obvious really: create the mount points.

ChootarLaal · 03-01-2008, 01:49 PM

how do i know which option to use? this is the error msg.

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd2,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

ChootarLaal · 03-03-2008, 09:36 AM

should it not be "ntfs" type? they are drives from a previous xp box but contain nothing but data files.

michaelk · 03-03-2008, 09:48 AM

errors=remount-ro is not a valid option for a NTFS file system . See the mount man pages for more information.

Try:
/dev/sdb1 /media/Disk_3 ntfs defaults 0 0

I would use ntfs-3g. You can install it if not already done so via apt-get.

ChootarLaal · 03-04-2008, 09:24 AM

looks like im not getting those errors now with michelk's correction but i still cant mount. ill install the ntfs-3g once i figure out how to work the apt-get app, thanks for the help, ill post my results tonite.

michaelk · 03-05-2008, 06:19 PM

Is it the same error message?

jschiwal · 03-05-2008, 06:58 PM

As a general rule, if these are removable drives, then use the "UUID=" type of device entry. If not using the /dev/sdXN form is fine. The /media directory is for automounted devices. It would be better to use /mnt/ instead.

If these are removable drives, make sure you use the "noauto" option as well. Also you didn't include options like fmask, dmask, uid= and gid=. The "utf8" option is also recommended for ntfs partitions.

Read the "mount" and "mount.ntfs" manpages. It doesn't seem that you have.

Look at the output of "sudo file -s /dev/sdb1" to verify that the filesystem is ntfs.

Make sure your kernel supports ntfs. You may need to modprobe the ntfs kernel module before mounting the partitions.
"lsmod | grep ntfs".

If you do go with "ntfs-3g", then also make sure the "fuse" package is installed and modprobe the fuse module.

When trying to mount a partition, the log in /usr/log/messages may contain more detailed information on what went wrong. Open up another terminal and run "sudo tail -f /var/log/messages" before trying to mount a partition in the first terminal.

ChootarLaal · 03-06-2008, 06:03 PM

these are NOT removable drives.

this is the output of

Code:

sudo file -s /dev/sdb1
sudo file -s /dev/sdc1
sudo file -s /dev/hdd1
sudo file -s /dev/hdd2

/dev/sdb1: x86 boot sector, code offset 0x52, OEM-ID "NTFS ", sectors/cluster 8, reserved sectors 0, Media descriptor 0xf8, heads 255, hidden sectors 63, dos < 4.0 BootSector (0x80)

/dev/sdc1: x86 boot sector, code offset 0x52, OEM-ID "NTFS ", sectors/cluster 8, reserved sectors 0, Media descriptor 0xf8, heads 255, hidden sectors 63, dos < 4.0 BootSector (0x80)

/dev/hdd1: x86 boot sector, code offset 0x52, OEM-ID "NTFS ", sectors/cluster 8, reserved sectors 0, Media descriptor 0xf8, heads 255, hidden sectors 63, dos < 4.0 BootSector (0x80)

/dev/hdd2: x86 boot sector, code offset 0x52, OEM-ID "NTFS ", sectors/cluster 8, reserved sectors 0, Media descriptor 0xf8, heads 255, hidden sectors 268430085, dos < 4.0 BootSector (0x80)

i will read the man on mount again.

ChootarLaal · 03-06-2008, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelk

Is it the same error message?

michael, im not getting any error messages after

Code:

sudo mount -a

but nothing is mounting. i will update the ntfs-3g package, just in the process of doing that currently. ill post if it works or not.

ChootarLaal · 03-06-2008, 06:19 PM

here is the result of

Code:

lsmod | grep fuse

fuse 52528 1

Code:

lsmod | grep ntfs

nothing...

Code:

lsmod | grep ntfs-3g

nothing...

michaelk · 03-06-2008, 06:24 PM

Did you load the modules? i.e.
modprobe ntfs-3g

ChootarLaal · 03-06-2008, 06:28 PM

ok, for some reason this worked.

Code:

sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdc1 /media/Disk_3

what am i doing wrong?