mounting in fstab

jzimm0007@msn.com · 08-19-2007, 12:55 AM

This is my fstab file:
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda2 /media/windows ntfs defaults 0 0
//tommy/Tommy /media/samba cifs username=Guest,password=defaults,workgroup=mshome 0 0

I am trying to mount an ntfs partition on /dev/hda2, under /media/windows. It failes no matter what I do. One time I got it to say mounting local filesystems okay, error in line 8. Another time it said mounting local filesystem okay, mounting other filesystem failed. I tried rw with umask=0000, but it still failed. Everything else will mount. How can I edit the fstab file so that it mounts successfully?

Bruce Hill · 08-19-2007, 05:49 AM

Have you tried something like this?

Code:

/dev/hda2        /media/windows          ntfs        ro               1   0

Your fstab doesn't look quite like mine, but that should mount it read-only.

After you change and save /etc/fstab as root, issue "mount -a" and if it doesn't work post the entire output like this:

Code:

root@silas:~# mount -a
mount: mount point /media/windows does not exist
mount: devpts already mounted or /dev/pts busy
root@silas:~#

That will let us know what the problem is there.

I am assuming you have the mount point /media/windows created?

jzimm0007@msn.com · 08-19-2007, 04:30 PM

/dev/hda2 /media/windows ntfs ro 1 0 did not work. I can mount it with mount /dev/hda2 /media/windows, but I want it to automount. I put in /dev/hda2 /media/windows ntfs auto 1 0 and did mount -a it worked without error.

Bruce Hill · 08-19-2007, 08:13 PM

I don't know which Linux distribution you are using, because you didn't list it in your LQ UserCP, nor in your post. This is important information for those wanting to help you. Because your /etc/fstab looks nothing like mine in Slackware.

Open a terminal and issue "man mount" and "man fstab" and read those manual pages to gain an understanding of how these commands work. Especially the fstab manual page tells you about the different fields and what they do.

The line I copied for you to use above is taken from the NTFS mount of one of the comps on my LAN, with the device and mount point names changed to match yours, so you could copy and paste.

If you put "/dev/hda2 /media/windows ntfs auto 1 0" in your /etc/fstab and then issued "mount -a" and it worked without error, there is no reason it would not automount when you boot. (If it still doesn't, you didn't make that clear.)

jzimm0007@msn.com · 08-19-2007, 10:31 PM

I am using fedora 6. It still doesn't mount automatically. It says mounting local filesystem [Failed].

jzimm0007@msn.com · 08-19-2007, 11:11 PM

I tryed ntfs-3g and it said block device was write protected. I read up on that in one of these forums and it said to set the Selinux policy to permissive, that worked. I put in /dev/hda2 /media/windows ntfs-3g rw,auto,defaults,umask=0000 0 0 for the fstab file. Who knew the answer could be that simple?