Mark Lanctot;202921 Wrote: > Oh and BTW to mount the drive, don't use mtab as that's not permanent. > Use /etc/fstab as that is permanent. Modify it using "sudo gedit > /etc/fstab". Add: > > > Code: -------------------- > > /dev/sda1 /media/SimpleDrive ntfs umask=222,utf8 0 0 -------------------- > > >
That may work, but the problem is that the external hard drive is not guaranteed to remain /dev/sda1. If, for example, you plug in a USB thumb drive or a digital camera -before- plugging in the external hard drive, then that device will become /dev/sda1 and the external drive, when plugged in, might be /dev/sdb1. Assuming it will always be /dev/sda1 could lead to (big) problems down the track. That's why I suggested mounting it manually to see if that fixes the problem, and then looking into Ubuntu's automounting system so that you can fix the problem at its root. -- bukharin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bukharin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10859 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35254 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
