Automount partitions?

[wikwanderlust]

OK, another small problem...Here's my situation...I have an 80 GB hard drive where I have my Windows XP and Kubuntu partitions, and I have a 120 GB hard drive (nicknamed Pluto) where I store my media. What happens is when I boot up Kubuntu, I have to manually mount both the Windows XP partition and the 120 GB hard drive. That's annoying, but isn't the primary problem. I point my folder view widget at a folder I created called "shortcuts", where I store shortcuts to those two partitions and other programs (Who would've figured that's what I'd do with a folder called "shortcuts"...)

What happens is the shortcuts to the partitions don't work until I delete them from the shortcuts folder, and then re-add them. I have two screenshots uploaded. The first is what it looks like befire I delete them, even if the partitions are already mounted, and the second is what it's supposed to look like.

I feel like I rambled quite a bit there, but that's the best way I can describe it. Any help would be appreciated.

[vinnywright]

Re: Automount partitions?

you can add the 2 partitions to the /etc/fstab file so that thay will be automounted at boot.

you nead eather or both the /dev of the drives and/or the blkid SO if I do

vinny@desktop:~$ sudo blkid
[sudo] password for vinny:
/dev/sda1: UUID="52EC5D53EC5D3289" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="" UUID="423B-2BDF" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda3: UUID="0ee90e7d-8196-414d-b049-a5b32b7d8b77" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda5: UUID="aac6ff15-4a58-4a49-b7fa-c5ae40c964e4" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda6: UUID="26baca98-cab8-4bff-b2a7-3dc344dac0be" TYPE="swap"
vinny@desktop:~$

we see that the first line is my xp partition so if I want it in fstab I would first make a mount point for it like

sudo mkdir /mnt/xp

........this could be /media/xp....or /mnt/mydisk...or or

then suposing you did the /mnt/xp add to /etc/fstab

/dev/sda1 /mnt/xp ntfs-3g user,relatime 0 0

or

UUID=52EC5D53EC5D3289 /mnt/xp ntfs-3g user,relatime 0 0

the ntfs-3g can be ntfs if you dont have the ntfs-3g package installed

but if the drives get removed alot I dont think I would add them to the fstab............
dont thay show in the plases pane of dolphin? and can be mounted by clicking them? I know that dosent help the prob but you sead you half to manualey mount them so!!

VINNY

[wikwanderlust]

Re: Automount partitions?

Thanks for the reply, vinnywright. I read your reply a few times, and it seemed above my head. I googled this fstab file and got tutorials saying the same thing you are, and how easy it is. Still, I can't lie...the prospect of it frightened the hell out of me.

Luckily for me, I found a utility called "ntfs-config". It basically does exactly what you said, only with a cuddly GUI to coddle me and make me feel safe and secure. Now when I restart Kubuntu, my partitions are mounted. And yet, I feel this sense of emptiness, like I took the cowards way out and didn't learn anything...

Oh well, the deed is done :P . Thanks again vinnywright.

[vinnywright]

Re: Automount partitions?

LMAO

VINNY

[dibl]

Re: Automount partitions?

I feel this sense of emptiness, like I took the cowards way out and didn't learn anything...

ROFLMAO!

Oh well, we will be glad to accept humor, in lieu of courage!

For future reference, this may help:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ighlight=fstab