On Saturday 23 December 2006 12:41, Rob Malpass wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Random" <andy.random@???>
> To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 12:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu Disks
>
> > On Sat, 23 Dec 2006, Rob Malpass wrote:
> >> For some reason, my Ubuntu box refuses to enable my 2nd ide hdd. I can
> >> mount it manually (Administration, Disks, Enable) - but this is a bit
> >> irritating. What's the winning formula to get it working automatically
> >> at
> >> bootup?
> >
> > Can you let us know the contents of your /etc/fstab file?
> >
> >
> > Andy
>
> Here goes - pasted from ssh client - hope decipherable:
>
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0
> 1 /dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0
> /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
>
> I've never been any good on understanding how devices are mounted. The
> second disk is /dev/hdb. Is it as simple as editing the fstab file
> appropriately?
>
> Cheers
> Rob
You need to add something like the following line to your fstab
/dev/hdb1 /mnt ext3 defaults 0 0
This assumes that you have a partition on hdb called hdb1 you want to mount
the disk under /mnt and it has the ext3 file system on the partion.
I hope I am correct here, other will point out my mistakes
Tim
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