Partition access

[Mike_buntu]

Hi i've posted before, i'm still quite noobish but am learning slowly. My problems this, I have a partition which I think i've managed to successfully mount, I think im accessing it correctly ( "system:/media/hda5" ). The problem im having it moving files to this partition, its a ext3 partition and I would like to store files seperate from the operating system in there, e.g. music files and stuff. Any ideas how I get full access in noob terms please

Thanks for all your support.

Mike

[randcoop]

Re: Partition access

If the partition is mounted, then you'll need to remount it in order to change permissions. The command (assuming your mount point is /media/hda5) is:

sudo mount /media/hda5 -o remount,rw

You should then be able to read and write to the partition.

[Mike_buntu]

Re: Partition access

Still no luck, I selected "system menu" selected "Storage media" and then selected the partition I wanted to access, I tried dropping an image in the partition and got an error message saying "Access Denied"

Mike

[sky]

Re: Partition access

You should try with these options in /etc/fstab :
user,exec,auto instead the defaults one.
Save the file, unmount the partition and remount it.

In code lines, it's like this ;

kdesu kate /etc/fstab

Find the line with the mount point you want to change, replace "defaults" by what I gave.
Save the file and exit kate

sudo umount /media/hda5
mount /media/hda5

Then you should be able to write inside.

Hope it helps