Second Harddrive Mount

Asked by natethagreat

I have a second IDE harddrive that I have to mount every day it seems like. Is there a way that I can permanently mount this drive so that I don't have to do it so often. If so, how?
Thanks for all of your help.
Nate.....

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j3lc (j3lc) said :
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Open synaptic and search for ntfs configuration tool and install it.

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natethagreat (natethagreat) said :
#2

I can write to the drive already. I just don't want to have to mount it everytime that I want to us the drive. Will the ntfs configuration tool allow me to do that. I don't want to lose the data that is already there........

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j3lc (j3lc) said :
#3

That's exactly what it does and don't be afraid of losing your data that's not gonna happen

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carlos andres arias fonseca (ariasfonseca) said :
#4

the data is not lost in any moment you can with confidence

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#5

You can also add the mount in /etc/fstab and it will b mounted with options to your liking. You do not mount the drive, you can only mount partitions.

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natethagreat (natethagreat) said :
#6

I tried NTFS configuration, and when I restarted the computer the drive was not mounted. Actionparsnip, how do I add the mount to /etc/fstab? Is that something you can walk me through?

Thanks Everyone,
Nate

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#7

gksudo gedit /etc/fstab

add an extra line showing this:

/dev/<partition name> /media/<mount point> ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0

now, this will NOT work as is, you have to add stuff to it

1. You will need to run:
sudo fdisk -l
to find out the partition name (e.g. /dev/sdb1 etc)
and change <partition name> for this

2. You will need to change <mount point> for where you want it mounting to. This will be an empty folder and MUST exist or the mount will fail.

so for example if the NTFS partition is /dev/hdb1 and is to be mounted at /media/stuff the fstab entry would be:

/dev/hdb1 /media/stuff ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0

and also the command: sudo mkdir /media/stuff would need to be ran to create the mount point. If it already exists then this is fine. do NOT mount to /media or /mnt but instead make subfolders and mount to those hence my example of /media/stuff which is fine

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natethagreat (natethagreat) said :
#8

Ok, So I tried that. found out that it was /dev/sdb1 and /media/disk..... Now I get the mess Cannot mount volume you are not privileged to mount this volume......

I copied this from fstab file..... Did I do something wrong?

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# -- This file has been automaticly generated by ntfs-config --
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sda1 :
UUID=360f8369-aa59-4bf9-8b31-548f55c56401 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# Entry for /dev/sda5 :
UUID=d590ac19-c5b4-4ddd-920d-1479c06831c8 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/disk ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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if you are trying to mount stuff, make sure you use sudo.

Ubuntu uses proper user rights unlike windows where everybody is an admin (stupid). Running stuff without sudo will run it restrictedly so aas to be more secure. If a command r app needs to modify the system you must use sudo or gksudo.

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natethagreat (natethagreat) said :
#10

Well, I must just be doing something wrong. I tried doing everything over again using sudo, and when I restarted the computer, I still had to go to Places->80.0 GB Media to get the drive to mount. I have some music files on the drive. When I start the computer, and go to rhythembox, it acts like I dont have the files till I go Places->80.0 GB Media and open it. Then everything is good. I just wanted to skip that step everytime, but I just cant get it to work. Thanks to everyone for their help.

Thanks,
Nate

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j3lc (j3lc) said :
#11

It's very simple don't complicate things. After downloading and installing ntfs configuration tool go to control panel and open it. Check the hd or partition you want to be mounted at start up and that it. I have a second hd too and that what i did. I also have on the first hd a partition for Windows which is not mounted at start up because i haven't checked it in ntfs configuration tool.

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