want to change menu 1st

[oracle1]

Re: want to change menu 1st

I made sda8 as a swap space for debian, thinking it needed it in its own partition it is telling me,

oracle1@oracle1-desktop:~$ sudo mount -a
mount: mount point /media/sda8 does not exist

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'vol_id --uuid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=4be56fe3-7cfc-49de-a3ec-7ea949b909a8 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=6182436f-0a03-4c02-9171-b45e02da6a64 none swap sw 0 0
#debian partition
UUID=e6f55a5d-cc41-4da6-8ac3-c6d5e4d4565a /media/sda8 ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0


this is how the file looks atm

[Fintan]

Re: want to change menu 1st

Okay, my fault for being blind.
change:

UUID=e6f55a5d-cc41-4da6-8ac3-c6d5e4d4565a /media/sda8 ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1

to:

UUID=e6f55a5d-cc41-4da6-8ac3-c6d5e4d4565a /media/sda7 ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1

then do:

sudo mount -a

again.

BTHW you don't need two swaps. One is ample

[oracle1]

Re: want to change menu 1st

thanks for the info on the swaps i prob should have asked these things before i put on debian

I spooted that and changed it b4 and made no difference

mount: mount point /media/sda7 does not exist


i also tried /dev/sda7

mount: special device UID=e6f55a5d-cc41-4da6-8ac3-c6d5e4d4565a does not exist


Does this mean anything when I start Kate?
when i start kate as sudo it spits this out


Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-oracle1" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-oracle1" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-oracle1" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.

[Fintan]

Re: want to change menu 1st

Never start kate with sudo.
sudo is only for non gui apps.

It you want to start kate with root permissions:
alt+F2 (or right click desktop and choose "run command") :

kdesudo kate

give password (yours).

As for sda7:
open dolphin and check on the left hand side what options you have. You should have a few with ext3.

click on each and see if they open up.


There is cli way of doing this but we will try this first.

Edit:
which linux can you boot into?

[oracle1]

Re: want to change menu 1st

I am booting OK into both debian and kubuntu. In kubuntu it is showing an ext 3 drive which is the kubuntu partition, volume ntfs which is windows and local disk which is my 500 g usb drive. which i have to replug in every time. I saw a command which mounted it but lost the page again. But no sign of the debian partition. I have returned fstab to its original form as it caused the machine to hang in the boot. ATM i am starting to think would it be easier to delete the debian partition. SHould I keep it? If its stable I can just leave it there? Everything else is now working tip top, I just cant see debian

[oracle1]

Re: want to change menu 1st

oracle1@oracle1-desktop:~$ ls /dev/disk/by-uuid -alh
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 120 2009-08-10 21:26 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 120 2009-08-10 20:31 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-08-11 05:58 4be56fe3-7cfc-49de-a3ec-7ea949b909a8 -> ../../sda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-08-11 05:58 840C78330C7821FA -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-08-10 20:31 A2B089DBB089B5F7 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-08-11 05:58 e6f55a5d-cc41-4da6-8ac3-c6d5e4d4565a -> ../../sda7
oracle1@oracle1-desktop:~$

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 24316 195318238+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 24317 60801 293065762+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 24317 48632 195318238+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 58966 60801 14747638+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 48633 58358 78124063+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 58359 58965 4875696 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf6cc330b

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 60801 488384001 7 HPFS/NTFS

[oracle1]

Re: want to change menu 1st

solved I made mountpoint media/sda7 and entered the UUID and the debian partition is showing in media but not in dolphin