On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 14:33 +0000, Steve wrote: > ---- Craig White <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 14:31 -0500, Steve wrote: > > > ---- Craig White <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 16:23 +0000, Steve wrote: > > > > > If I let HAL & friends automagically mount my Windows partition mount > > > > > reports this: > > > > > > > > > > # mount > > > > > ... > > > > > /dev/sdb1 on /media/disk type fuseblk > > > > > (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096) > > > > > > > > > > The problem is that I want this partition mounted on /mnt/c_drive not > > > > > /media/disk so I tried to add a line to /etc/fstab as follows: > > > > > > > > > > /dev/sdb1 /mnt/c_drive fuse > > > > > rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096 > > > > > 0 0 > > > > > > > > > > (I started with a type of fuseblk instead of fuse but that didn't > > > > > work at all > > > > > and note that fuse is not documented in the mount man page) > > > > > > > > > > but then as root > > > > > # mount /dev/sdb1 > > > > > /bin/sh: /dev/sdb1: Permission denied > > > > > > > > > > # ls -l /dev/sdb1 > > > > > brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 17 2009-01-12 13:24 /dev/sdb1 > > > > > > > > > > It's not a selinux problem because I'm running in permissive mode: > > > > > # sestatus > > > > > SELinux status: enabled > > > > > SELinuxfs mount: /selinux > > > > > Current mode: permissive > > > > > Mode from config file: permissive > > > > > Policy version: 23 > > > > > Policy from config file: targeted > > > > > > > > > > This is on an F8 system and I'm trying to get my backup to work so I > > > > > can upgrade > > > > > to F9. > > > > > > > > > > What am I doing wrong here? > > > > ---- > > > > perhaps you are just trying to use too much muscle > > > > > > Perhaps I am but personally I don't consider editing /etc/fstab to be > > > heavy lifting. > > > > > > > why not just let it mount like it does and use a bind mount elsewhere... > > > > > > > > mount --bind /media/disk /mnt/c_drive > > > > > > I've no doubt that this will work but there HAS to be a simple way to > > > mount a partition where I want directly. It juts seems so basic. > > ---- > > The problem you have is that you are starting with a swimming upstream > > premise. > > > > USB storage is considered 'removable storage' and thus is typically > > handled by udev as user - which sort of makes sense if you stop to > > consider it. The 'user' can mount/unmount removable storage devices at > > any time. > > > > /mnt was never intended to be for anything but permanently mounted > > filesystems, i.e. not removable - no user action required or reasonably > > permitted. > > > > Now if this 'windows filesystem' (and you don't specify what kind it > > is), is to be mounted by root at boot and remain mounted without any > > user interaction at all, then by all means add it to /etc/fstab as vfat > > (if it's vfat) or ntfs-3g (if it's ntfs and recognize that the ntfs-3g > > automatically uses the fuse system for you). > > Indeed it is a permanently mounted drive (internal IDE) and it has been > mounted on /mnt since before /media became popular. > > I'll try changing the type from fuse to ntfs tonight and see what that does. > The error message of "permission denied" leads me to think that this will not > solve the problem but hey, I've been wrong before...1982 I think it was... ;-D > > I have to say though that I am really suprised that nobody on this list can > give a simple answer to the seemingly simple question of "how do I change the > mount point of a hard drive". ---- Say what? Linux didn't have the ability to read/write to ntfs filesystems before udev so there's something wrong with your premise.
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