mounting problem

[sik]

An error pops out whenever I try to mount a disk

Could not mount device

The reported error was:

mount: can't find /dev/sda2 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

what to do?

[whoiam55]

Re: mounting problem

you must add an entry for your /dev/sda2 in your /etc/fstab before mounting them on the fly. post the output

sudo fdisk -l

and your /etc/fstab file if you need more assistance.

[sik]

Re: mounting problem

"sudo fdisk -l" command output:

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 6 48163+ de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 7 2642 21173670 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 4399 4863 3735112+ db CP/M / CTOS / ...
/dev/sda4 2643 4398 14105070 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

fstab file contains:

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes File: fstab

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda4 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0

is the info adequate?

[whoiam55]

Re: mounting problem

ok, creat a folder where you want mount your drive. like mkdir /windows/c. then add this line at the end of your /etc/fstab file

/dev/sda2    /windows/c  ntfs ro,auto,umask=022 0    0

change the auto to noauto if you don't want to mount them automatically

after that you can simply do "mount /windows/c" or "mount /dev/sda2".

hope this help

[sik]

Re: mounting problem

success!

Thank you very much for your help, whoami55.