problems mounting FAT32 drive.

[Falken]

Hey all. I have a 10GB Fat32 drive installed on the same cable as my 40 GB kubuntu drive as hda1 (for some reason, it isn't the slave O_0). when I try to mount it in dolphin, i get :

hal-storage-fixed-mount refused uid 1000.

this is a real problem as all my personal files are on there from when i was using the craptastic windows xp. would swapping the drives around as for it to be the slave help?

[lingenfr]

Re: problems mounting FAT32 drive.

Seems to be a known bug. I did some googling, but could not find anyone who has a good fix. Maybe someone here can help. If you don't get an answer, try out ubuntuforums.

[marshallbanana]

Re: problems mounting FAT32 drive.

There have been a few threads on fixing this in the forums recently, for example:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3087495.0
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3088232.0

[Falken]

Re: problems mounting FAT32 drive.

... and none of them make any sense to someone who doesn't know how to make a trouser press mount a drive.

[Snowhog]

Re: problems mounting FAT32 drive.

Gutsy Gibbon was aptly named - it takes a 'gutsy' person to use it.

Let's take a look at how the system sees your drives. Open a console and type:

sudo fdisk -l

Copy and paste the output. Then type:

cat /etc/fstab

Copy and paste the output.

[Falken]

Re: problems mounting FAT32 drive.

[sudo] password for r:

Disk /dev/hda: 10.0 GB, 10005037056 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1216 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc8b449d1

  Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
/dev/hda1  *      1    1216   9767488+  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Disk /dev/hdb: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x06410640

  Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
/dev/hdb1  *      1    4725  37953531  83 Linux
/dev/hdb2      4726    4865   1124550  5 Extended
/dev/hdb5      4726    4865   1124518+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

then i got:

r@fbox:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>  <type> <options>    <dump> <pass>
proc      /proc      proc  defaults    0    0
# /dev/hdb1
UUID=2ffa39ad-b075-41d4-80cb-31c4ecb2ab15 /        ext3  defaults,errors=remount-ro 0    1
# /dev/hdb5
UUID=c5885098-8117-4390-b43e-bd0a013bac33 none      swap  sw       0    0
/dev/hdc    /media/cdrom0  udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0    0
/dev/fd0    /media/floppy0 auto  rw,user,noauto,exec 0    0

[Snowhog]

Re: problems mounting FAT32 drive.

Good. The obvious problem here, is that there is no entry in your fstab file for your Windows HD (hda1). That's a simple fix.

Open a console and type:

kdesu kate /etc/fstab

and insert above the /dev/hdc line the following:

/dev/hda1 /media/hda1 vfat defaults 0 1

so your fstab file ends up looking like this:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/hdb1
UUID=2ffa39ad-b075-41d4-80cb-31c4ecb2ab15 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/hdb5
UUID=c5885098-8117-4390-b43e-bd0a013bac33 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda1 /media/hda1 vfat defaults 0 1
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0

Save, then quit Kate. Reboot and check for you Windows drive in System Menu | Storage Media