Mount Volumes ignoring fstab

pedropt · 08-15-2017, 12:29 PM

I saw a similar issue in here , but it was not related to my issue , i i created this thread .

Sometimes the little things are the ones that give more trouble to solve .

My linux is not mounting all volumes in fstab , however i can mount them manually by hand on terminal .
Also , i believe that swap that should not be accessible of file browser , is popping up there .

So , here it is my fstab

Quote:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' 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>
# / was on /dev/sdc5 during installation
UUID=4735a80a-fb87-489f-927a-45666dbcc96e / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sdc6 during installation
UUID=d2fa17a4-afca-4bac-8c55-dc25365692bd none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/XP auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sdb5 /media/F auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/W7 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /media/I auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sdd1 /media/J auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

Here it is my file explorer opened :
https://s18.postimg.org/ul73yg9e1/filebrowser.png

as you all can see , i have folders that should not appear in file browser on the left side , like : pts , proc , binfmt_misc , etc...

Code:

mount -a

is not mounting that fstab file , but if i mount individually it works .

https://s28.postimg.org/71uq1cq4d/mount.png

Anyone have an idea how to solve this , or where is the problem ?

business_kid · 08-15-2017, 12:39 PM

Your system seems to be behaving as you set it up.

If you want all the drives to mount, remove every 'noauto' option in sight. That prevents mount -a from mounting them.

pedropt · 08-15-2017, 01:57 PM

Like i told , the things more easy to solve are the most complicated .
I looked at fstab file more than 20 times , i missed the "noauto" instead "auto" .
I have to test it out , but that is probably the case .

pedropt · 08-15-2017, 02:32 PM

Well , in fact that was one of the problems that was solved , however i had to make some changes so o could access those drives :

Quote:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' 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>
# / was on /dev/sdc5 during installation
UUID=4735a80a-fb87-489f-927a-45666dbcc96e / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sdc6 during installation
#UUID=d2fa17a4-afca-4bac-8c55-dc25365692bd none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/XP auto defaults 0 2
/dev/sdb5 /media/F auto defaults 0 2
/dev/sdb1 /media/W7 auto defaults 0 2
/dev/sdc1 /media/I auto defaults 0 2
/dev/sdd1 /media/J auto defaults 0 2

But the most interesting thing is that i can access those drives on some file browsers , but not in all .
Dolphin file browser does not show the volumes mounted like it is on next image .
Thunar on the left and dolphin on the right

https://s22.postimg.org/ysqg2e7rl/desktop.png

HappyTux · 08-16-2017, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pedropt

Well , in fact that was one of the problems that was solved , however i had to make some changes so o could access those drives :

But the most interesting thing is that i can access those drives on some file browsers , but not in all .
Dolphin file browser does not show the volumes mounted like it is on next image .
Thunar on the left and dolphin on the right

https://s22.postimg.org/ysqg2e7rl/desktop.png

Try using ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid or blkid /dev/sd?? to get the proper UUID for each partition putting that in the fstab and see if that helps.

pedropt · 08-16-2017, 05:21 PM

Well , i was able to fix it manually .
I had to set each partition filesystem manually on fstab
install ntfs-3g .
Now the volumes are mounted at boot , but dolphin was not showing them .
To solve dolphin issue i added new entrys to dolphin pointing out to where those drives are mounted .

https://s17.postimg.org/yekr4u5y7/golphinok.png

By default i never had to do this , because normally file browsers go check to media folder and checkout if there are any volumes mounted automatically and add them directly , but in my case i had to do it manually to solve this issue .

My new fstab config :

Quote:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>

#Entry for /dev/sdc5 :
UUID=4735a80a-fb87-489f-927a-45666dbcc96e / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
#Entry for /dev/sdb5 :
UUID=01CC65C911FFCB30 /media/F ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
#Entry for /dev/sdc1 :
UUID=2AC0D377C0D34829 /media/I ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
#Entry for /dev/sdd1 :
UUID=3CC4F50FC4F4CBE0 /media/J ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
#Entry for /dev/sdb1 :
UUID=58749E4B749E2BAE /media/W7 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
#Entry for /dev/sda1 :
UUID=E6305DB3305D8C05 /media/XP ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
#Entry for /dev/sda2 :
UUID=111EBF7B296B0631 /media/sda2 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0 auto user,noauto 0 0

#UUID=d2fa17a4-afca-4bac-8c55-dc25365692bd none swap sw 0 0

ondoho · 08-17-2017, 12:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pedropt

Now the volumes are mounted at boot , but dolphin was not showing them .

try adding "comment=x-gvfs-show" to the fstab options.
example:

Code:

UUID=58749E4B749E2BAE	/media/W7	ntfs-3g	defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8,comment=x-gvfs-show	0 0