----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim" <xendistar@???>
To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu Disks
> 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
>
Thanks Tim - that's done the trick.
Cheers
Rob
