Help editing fstab to mount hard drives

ChootarLaal · 03-06-2008, 06:31 PM

Code:

modprobe ntfs-3g

FATAL: Module ntfs_3g not found.

for some reason, it says ntfs-3g is not installed, but i can see i have an older version of ntfs-3g in the adept manager, version 1.913-2ubuntu

michaelk · 03-06-2008, 06:32 PM

So the battle is almost won. What does your fstab file look like now?

ChootarLaal · 03-06-2008, 09:09 PM

Code:

# /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-3g    uid=1000 0 0	
#/dev/sdc1	/media/Disk_4	ntfs-3g	   uid=1000 0 0	
#/dev/hdd1	/media/Disk_5	ntfs-3g	   uid=1000 0 0	
#/dev/hdd2	/media/Disk_6	ntfs-3g    uid=1000 0 0		
#end changes

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

Bill_Hwy · 03-06-2008, 09:37 PM

You didn't say what distro you have, but not many of them make the directories for you. Ubuntu is one that does not.

Try:

sudo mkdir /media/disk_3
sudo mkdir /media/disk_4
sudo mkdir /media/disk_5
sudo mkdir /media/disk_6

You can't mount if you don't have a directory to mount into.

ChootarLaal · 03-06-2008, 09:47 PM

the directory is there, i already made it, i can mount using the command

Code:

sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/Disk_3

but for some reason it wont work if i do it thru the fstab.

michaelk · 03-07-2008, 07:19 AM

Quote:

#/dev/sdb1 /media/Disk_3 ntfs-3g uid=1000 0 0

Will not work if you have those lines commented out with a #

ChootarLaal · 03-07-2008, 09:47 AM

sorry, i have mental issues.

ChootarLaal · 03-08-2008, 02:43 PM

it works now, thanks everyone for your help.