Ubuntu
util-linux package

suddenly unable to mount hard drive

Asked by znbhckcs

Hi
I am running Ubuntu 9.10.
I have one hard drive which is divided in to 3 partitions: swap space, linux ext3 (where ubuntu is installed) and a 139 GB ntfs partition where I keep all my files.

The ntfs partition was set to auto mount by adding the following line to fstab:
/dev/sda5 /media/disk auto defaults 0 2

Everything worked great until I started my computer today: The ntfs partition was not automatically mounted, and when I try to browse it (by clicking on Places/139 GB filesystem or in nautilus) I get the following error:
Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with:
mount: only root can mount /dev/sda5 on /media/disk

I don't know if it's related, but when I tried to run nautilus with root privileges (sudo nautilus) I got the following error message:
(nautilus:11205): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed

I checked my drive with the "disk utility" and there were no errors.
I tried restarting the computer but that did nothing.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

try:

sudo mount /dev/sda5

Should be ok

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znbhckcs (znbhckcs) said : 		#2

For some reason the location /media/disk was deleted.
When I re-created it and mounted as you suggested, it worked.

Do you have any idea why it would get deleted? I definitely didn't do it myself.

Thanks

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znbhckcs (znbhckcs) said : 		#3

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

I haven't watched you use your system so I cannot really say. Keep an eye on it.