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Asked by j,jackson

I am running WinXp and Ubuntu 9.10 dual boot. Everything is ok except when I click on Places in the toolbar I need to mount or open the 37Gb File system shown but it says (authentication required) how do I resolve this ?

Any answers appreciated, John

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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if the partition is on an internal disk I recommend you add the partition to /etc/fstab and it will be mounted at boot.

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j,jackson (jonjac3) said :
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Thanks for answering so quickly but could you tell me how to add the
partition to /etc/fstab, by the way it is on my hard disk.
On 6 May 2010 13:21, actionparsnip <email address hidden>wrote:

> Your question #109901 on Ubuntu changed:
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> if the partition is on an internal disk I recommend you add the
> partition to /etc/fstab and it will be mounted at boot.
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j,jackson (jonjac3) said :
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Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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jonjac3@gmail.com (jonjac3-gmail) said :
#5

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          J.Jackson