So, what was the ultimate problem? I'd like to hear confirmation of what we nailed, and if there were other issues as well.
--Don Ellis On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Jack <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your help guys. I got it working. BTW, I'm using Ubuntu > 10.04.2 LTS. > > On Feb 18, 6:28 pm, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Jack <[email protected]> wrote: >> > [mntent]: line 1 in /etc/fstab is bad >> ... >> > Do I need to edit /etc/fstab? If so, what do I need to add or >> > delete? >> >> As Don mentioned you need to comment out that first line by putting a # in >> front >> >> > mount: can't find /dev/sdc1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab >> >> > The results of fdsk -l: >> >> > Disk /dev/sdc: 3933 MB, 3933732864 bytes >> > 122 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1015 cylinders >> > Units = cylinders of 7564 * 512 = 3872768 bytes >> > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> > Disk identifier: 0x00000000 >> >> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >> >> This is most likely where you are experiencing issues. You have no >> partitions on your drive. Technically, you don't need a partition, >> but it is rather unusual not to have one. >> >> > Is there any other way to get the external hard drive to >> > mount without using fstab? >> > Any help will be appreciated. >> >> Yes. What operating system are you using? If linux, which distro and >> version? For example, are you using Red Hat 5.1 or Ubuntu 11.04 >> alpha? If a desktop version, which desktop environment are you >> running, e.g. KDE, Gnome, xfce? >> >> With recent desktop distributions, one should just be able to plug in >> an external drive and an icon appears on the desktop. >> >> Regards, >> - Robert -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
