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**oshunluvr** · Mar 12, 2013, 01:45 PM

First a point about posting: this post is a bit difficult to A. Read and B. Understand.

A. Enclose quoted text either using the Quote option (cartoon balloon icon) or the Code option (pound sign icon). This will serve to make your post way more legible.

B. I'm not sure I understand what your request is because you placed two Question marks in the dump-frequency and pass-number locations and one in the mount options location. I will assume you don't understand fstab and you really want to control the order of mounting, not the frequency and order of check-disk operations. You might want to read this.

I believe mount commands are issued in the order received but will execute as-needed or when ready. The system does not "hold" mounting the next line in fstab. In other words, if mount 2 took a few seconds to complete for some reason, mount 3 might actually mount first.

If you need absolute control over the order of mounting, set the non-critical mounts to "noauto" and mount them in rc.local one at a time. Don't forget that fstab is parsed very early in the boot process and "/" and "/boot" are needed before the others so you can boot.

In case you do want to just fill in the question marks:
I presume UUID 20f7ed08-7c9e-474b-b709-64f5211bbd3b is /dev/sdb7 so you want either "0 0" or "0 2" there. "0 0" means no check and "0 2" means check after root is checked. No need to change the options on "/" as the remount on errors won't impact order.

Anyway, none of this will boot to an iso file on /dev/sdb7 so why don't you explain what exactly you're trying to do?

**Bumpalot** · Mar 12, 2013, 05:06 PM

Thanks for the tip re Quote & Quote options. I did not know that :cool:
I was under the impression from the GParted web site
(http://gparted.sourceforge.net/displ...anual#gparted- live-copying-to-hard-drive-partition
- Copying to Hard Drive Partition)
that I could run GParted from an empty partition on my kubuntu 12-10 drive. They
gave instructions on how to do this including opening the GParted iso file, then
recreating the iso in a directory on my target partition.

fstab does not recognise this partition, hence I wanted to add it to fstab.
How do I do this?

**vinnywright** · Mar 12, 2013, 08:41 PM

Originally posted by Bumpalot View Post

Thanks for the tip re Quote & Quote options. I did not know that :cool:
I was under the impression from the GParted web site
(http://gparted.sourceforge.net/displ...anual#gparted- live-copying-to-hard-drive-partition
- Copying to Hard Drive Partition)
that I could run GParted from an empty partition on my kubuntu 12-10 drive. They
gave instructions on how to do this including opening the GParted iso file, then
recreating the iso in a directory on my target partition.

fstab does not recognise this partition, hence I wanted to add it to fstab.
How do I do this?

is this the how to you are referring to ?
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livehd.php

if so you are not going about it correctly,,, and you do not need to add it to fstab ,,,,,,,if not the page you were reading then link it hear!!

VINNY

**oshunluvr** · Mar 12, 2013, 08:45 PM

No doubt their instructions are correct. You can also program grub to boot an iso file, but I don't know if that would serve your purpose. As far as adding something to fstab, you need to have root privilege to edit it. You also need to create a mount point for it.

Simply, open a terminal, then:

sudo mkdir /mnt/sdb7
kdesudo kate /etc/fstab

then add your line to fstab:

/dev/sdb7 /mnt/sdb7 ext3 defaults 0 0

**Detonate** · Mar 13, 2013, 08:08 AM

After you have edited your fstab file, you can then run

Code:

sudo mount -a

to reload fstab and see if you have any errors.

**Bumpalot** · Mar 13, 2013, 08:46 AM

Thanks for the info. Will report my progress later.

**Bumpalot** · Mar 13, 2013, 08:41 PM

Code:

bumpy@bumpyputer:~$ sudo mount -a
[mntent]: warning: no final newline at the end of /etc/fstab

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' 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>
# / was on /dev/sdb1 during installation
UUID=ae093bc1-521a-4231-a951-a65716669d31 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /boot was on /dev/sdb6 during installation
UUID=af8ef334-ac06-4e3b-beca-c215aaaf5a7f /boot           ext4    defaults        0       2
# swap was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=1843ed52-96d5-4b9a-9af0-600caf308ee3 none            swap    sw              0       3
 /dev/sdb7 /mnt/sdb7 ext3 defaults 0 0

Code:

bumpy@bumpyputer:~$ kdesudo kate /etc/fstab
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.

Suggestions?

**Detonate** · Mar 13, 2013, 08:51 PM

Yes, we forgot to mention that fstab should always end with a blank line. In kate, just move your cursor to the end of the last line, press enter to start a new line, then save the file. Then run

Code:

sudo mount -a

again.

**Bumpalot** · Mar 14, 2013, 06:54 AM

Code:

bumpy@bumpyputer:~$ kdesudo kate /etc/fstab
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory
QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /root/.config/ibus/bus
bumpy@bumpyputer:~$ sudo mount -a
[mntent]: warning: no final newline at the end of /etc/fstab
bumpy@bumpyputer:~$

Maybe QDBusConnection error is interfering?

**vinnywright** · Mar 14, 2013, 04:13 PM

you dont get all this

Code:

vinny@vinny-HP-G62:~$ kdesudo kate /etc/fstab
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
kbuildsycoca4 running...
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
Module "resources" is registered
QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory
QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /root/.config/ibus/bus
Module "activities" is registered
Module "features" is registered
This is the current thread id for Activities 2973760320 QThread(0xa129d90)
These are the disabled plugins: ("activitymanager_plugin_dummy", "activitymanager_plugin_nepomuk")
Initializing plugin: "activitymanager_plugin_globalshortcuts"
This is the current thread id for Activities 3023263552 QThread(0x9fffdc8)
Initializing plugin: "activitymanager_plugin_slc"
Initializing plugin: "activitymanager_plugin_virtualdesktopswitch"
VirtualDesktopSwitch::init
Module "org.kde.ActivityManager.VirtualDesktopSwitch" is registered
Initializing plugin: "activitymanager_plugin_activityranking"
running in thread ActivityRanking
Initializing plugin: "activitymanager_plugin_sqlite"
Module "org.kde.ActivityManager.Resources.Scoring" is registered
QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory
QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /root/.kde/share/config/activitymanager-pluginsrc

?

it works just fine any way these are not errors you need to worry about , that is if you are getting the password box and kate is actually opening .

if you are and it is once again place the cursor at the end of the last line ,,,,or under it and press enter 2-3 times this time then save and close .

he he I can remember when an improper EOF (end of file) in fstab would keep you from booting up at all ,,,,,,I got in the habit of doing 2-3 extra enters (lines) whenever I would mess with fstab ,,,,,,,LOL

VINNY

**Detonate** · Mar 14, 2013, 04:26 PM

Originally posted by vinnywright View Post

he he I can remember when an improper EOF (end of file) in fstab would keep you from booting up at all ,,,,,,I got in the habit of doing 2-3 extra enters (lines) whenever I would mess with fstab ,,,,,,,LOL VINNY

Yes, old habits die hard. I always add an empty line to any system configuration text file I edit, even though I know that in most cases it is not necessary.

**vinnywright** · Mar 14, 2013, 04:27 PM

Originally posted by Detonate View Post

Yes, old habits die hard. I always add an empty line to any system configuration text file I edit, even though I know that in most cases it is not necessary.

LOL

yup me 2

VINNY

**oshunluvr** · Mar 14, 2013, 05:39 PM

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