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fstab to auto-mount an ntfs partition (or 2)

Asked by Tom

Hi :)
I would like to get Ubuntu to automatically mount a couple of Ntfs partitions. I managed it through fstab on 1 machine ages ago but i can't remember the numbers to use. I can find the uuid number from "sudo blkid" but the numbers after that worry me.
Regards from
Tom :)

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#1

your gui should automatically mount all ntfs partitions. if it doesn't then go into terminal and type "mount". after that, the first time you access the partition(s) it will automatically mount.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#2

Hi :)
This doesn't really answer the question but thanks for trying
Regards from
Tom :)

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#3

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#4

Hi :)
grrr, i am annoyed at myself because i got my question wrong. Sorry for my unhelpful rudeness yday Marcus. All i really need is a line that i can put into fstab in order to safely mount and read/write to the Windows partition.

Many thanks so far
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#5

Hi :)
The lines look something like this
UUID=bc06e6b2-f193-4f32-9e1c-344ddee7a633 none swap sw 0 0

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Best delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#6

Swap is not a Windows partition type but a Linux one.
Firstly, you should use "sudo blkid" to get UUID of Windows partition.
On my computer, Windows partition is mounted as:
UUID=E490AE3490AE0CDC /windows ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 0
/windows is a folder I made
gid=46 is a predefined user (if I remember, it's udev, the automounter).
There are many way of mounting a Windows partition, too many...

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#7

ntfs partitions automount. there's no need to fiddle with the fstab

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#8

NTFS partitions should automount. Unfortunately, not always true!

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#9

Thanks delance, that solved my question.