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The more I read on the internet the more confused I become. Would someone be so good as to tell me how I would write this mount, (it works fine) into my /etc/fstab
Code:
mount /dev/sdb1 /media/EHD/ -t ntfs -o nls=utf8,umask=0222
I got it from a post on the Internet but nothing about fstab other mounts don't work and what I have put into fstab I get a 'bad line 16'
The more I read on the internet the more confused I become. Would someone be so good as to tell me how I would write this mount, (it works fine) into my /etc/fstab
Code:
mount /dev/sdb1 /media/EHD/ -t ntfs -o nls=utf8,umask=0222
I got it from a post on the Internet but nothing about fstab other mounts don't work and what I have put into fstab I get a 'bad line 16'
Thanks unfortunately it is rejected as a bad line. This is what I find so frustrating about Linux in my case I have the correct mount doing it manually but trying to write it in fstab is another thing. In the last 3 weeks you would not believe the hours I have spent trying to get a simple server operational.
The article on UUID does not seem to apply in my case as I am not using ext3 on my external drive.
- /dev/sdb1 => the device which you want to mount
- /media/EHD/ => the destination where you want your device mounted
- ntfs => the filesystem type of the device you are mounting
- nls=utf8,umask=0222 => option(s) for the filesystem you are mounting
also, this line will work for your other external drives as long as their fs type is 'ntfs'.
- /dev/sdb1 => the device which you want to mount
- /media/EHD/ => the destination where you want your device mounted
- ntfs => the filesystem type of the device you are mounting
- nls=utf8,umask=0222 => option(s) for the filesystem you are mounting
also, this line will work for your other external drives as long as their fs type is 'ntfs'.
Thanks that has helped me. Any chance you could recommend a good Linux book for newbies as books can be as confusing as Internet resources?
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