I have a second HD where I keep all my work data... it is easier to backup that way. There are many folders and many files.

Presently I have to mount it manually, but that is a problem. I often start working and have to go back to mount the drive. The permissions on manual mount are always "mine" so I can read/write.

I have tried a number of combinations, depending on the source (including "similar threads"), to mount the drive at boot. But all of them end up with the folders/files with root permissions.... or simply do not mount.

For example, the last I tried from what seemed to be a good source was (fstab):

/dev/sdb5 /media/DATA vfat gid=100,umask=002,noexec,nosuid 0 0

But that didn't even mount the drive.

So could someone please help a slow learner how to set up the drive in fstab so that it will mount with read/write permissions for all (which in this case, is me).

Many thanks,

José

try

/dev/sdb5 /media/DATA vfat users,defaults,umask=000 0 0

Thanks for comming back.

I did what you suggested, but the drive didn't mount on boot. And even worse, I cannot mount it manually.

/dev/sdb5 /media/DATA vfat users,defaults,umask=000 0 0

is what I have, and it seems to be a correct copy of what you suggested.

Soooo... something still is wrong.

José

Is the drive an external HD?
Then it is best to put the line you use for manual mount in /etc/rc.local
(first remove the line from fstab)

No, the drive is internal.

I looked at /etc/rc.local and there was only an explanation text. And (quote) it said that an entry there did nothing.

This is turning out more difficult than I thought it would!

But again, thanks

José

Hi,

If you put the line you use to mount the drive in /etc/rc.local
it will be executed at the end of the boot process
Make sure to put the whole path of the commands eq
/sbin/mount

# By default this script does nothing.
because there is nothing in it by default

OK... something I did not say is that I mount the drive from "places". It is listed there and I click on it and it mounts.

Really not that difficult, but if I am working in a program and want to save, it is a bother to have to go there and mount the drive.

So I am afraid that I don't understand the suggestion you made last.

José

First: if it's a external drive (usb?), it may have changed "driveletter".
Do a "fdisk -l" (just lists all drives and their partitions) and see if it's still sd_b_.
Otherwise, consider labelling (mlabel from the mdos tools) and referring the label at mounttime.
Next, if your drive won't mount even with proper devicename, you'll see some error message.
Most likely one that suggests a filesystem check because (sh*t happens) you forgot to unmount it last time before disconnection.
Then, it's time to do a fsck on the partition (/dev/sdb5 or the equivalent) - best from a windows machine or (dual) boot.

OK... I give up. I will simply continue mounting manually it from Places.

Many thanks to those who tried to help, but it seems I am too dense to be able to apply it.

José