Re: How to add a mount point in fstab?
On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 09:34:48AM +1000, hce wrote: On 7/4/08, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a partition in /dev/sda6 which is manually mounted to my user directory ~/work every time when I start the x window. Is following command correct to add /dev/sda6 in to the fstab? /dev/sda6 /hom/mycount/work ext3 0 0 You're missing the options field. Try this, where $YOU is your username: /dev/sda6 /hom/mycount/work ext3 defaults,noauto,user=$YOU 0 0 Changing topic: what ensures that the kernel will always see that device as sda, instead of sdb? The sda6 is actually a harddisk partition (not for usb stick). kernel should have no problem to see it. You might want to search through the archives for all those cases were the device name *should* have stayed the same ;) Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: How to add a mount point in fstab?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/05/08 18:34, hce wrote: On 7/4/08, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/04/08 00:47, hce wrote: Hi, I have a partition in /dev/sda6 which is manually mounted to my user directory ~/work every time when I start the x window. Is following command correct to add /dev/sda6 in to the fstab? /dev/sda6 /hom/mycount/work ext3 0 0 You're missing the options field. Try this, where $YOU is your username: /dev/sda6 /hom/mycount/work ext3 defaults,noauto,user=$YOU 0 0 Changing topic: what ensures that the kernel will always see that device as sda, instead of sdb? The sda6 is actually a harddisk partition (not for usb stick). kernel should have no problem to see it. Is this your only internal (including optical) SATA drive? Maybe your CD/DVD drive is IDE? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkhw7oMACgkQS9HxQb37XmfNTACgnNbZI6rwFtoprfuTb2InXQfd FBEAn07eY3ZHZhq3r8h02e21dCcDz5BN =1jm1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to add a mount point in fstab?
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/05/08 18:34, hce wrote: On 7/4/08, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/04/08 00:47, hce wrote: Hi, I have a partition in /dev/sda6 which is manually mounted to my user directory ~/work every time when I start the x window. Is following command correct to add /dev/sda6 in to the fstab? /dev/sda6 /hom/mycount/work ext3 0 0 You're missing the options field. Try this, where $YOU is your username: /dev/sda6 /hom/mycount/work ext3 defaults,noauto,user=$YOU 0 0 Changing topic: what ensures that the kernel will always see that device as sda, instead of sdb? The sda6 is actually a harddisk partition (not for usb stick). kernel should have no problem to see it. Is this your only internal (including optical) SATA drive? Maybe your CD/DVD drive is IDE? I am not clear the internal hardware structure, it is an Acer ASPIRE 5920 laptop. I added a line of /dev/sda6 /hom/project/work ext3 defaults,noauto,user=project 0 0 to the fstab, but it was actually not working, there was an error of bad line in fstab during boot (the user is project). Was it the problem as you concerned that kernel could not see it? Thank you. Jim - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkhw7oMACgkQS9HxQb37XmfNTACgnNbZI6rwFtoprfuTb2InXQfd FBEAn07eY3ZHZhq3r8h02e21dCcDz5BN =1jm1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to add a mount point in fstab?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/06/08 19:46, hce wrote: On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 07/05/08 18:34, hce wrote: On 7/4/08, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 07/04/08 00:47, hce wrote: Hi, I have a partition in /dev/sda6 which is manually mounted to my user directory ~/work every time when I start the x window. Is following command correct to add /dev/sda6 in to the fstab? /dev/sda6 /hom/mycount/work ext3 0 0 You're missing the options field. Try this, where $YOU is your username: /dev/sda6 /hom/mycount/work ext3 defaults,noauto,user=$YOU 0 0 Changing topic: what ensures that the kernel will always see that device as sda, instead of sdb? The sda6 is actually a harddisk partition (not for usb stick). kernel should have no problem to see it. Is this your only internal (including optical) SATA drive? Maybe your CD/DVD drive is IDE? I am not clear the internal hardware structure, it is an Acer ASPIRE 5920 laptop. This should help: $ lspci | grep AHCI A little Googling shows that it has a SATA HDD. I added a line of /dev/sda6 /hom/project/work ext3 defaults,noauto,user=project 0 0 to the fstab, but it was actually not working, there was an error of bad line in fstab during boot (the user is project). Was it the problem as you concerned that kernel could not see it? See it? No. But, rather, that Linux does not hard code SCSI devices. So, if you have multiple SATA, USB or FireWire devices, what today is sda might, the next time you boot, be sdb. Of course course, if you only have 1 SATA device, this all becomes moot. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkhxa3cACgkQS9HxQb37Xmc0lQCdFO//iP85r5o+Kbjbw56atNPa hBkAn3PseJDEUsNU582I4l/LQS0pfd56 =PGxD -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to add a mount point in fstab?
On Mon, 7 Jul 2008, hce engaged keyboard and shared this with us all: --} /hom/project/work ext3 Silly question but is the above correct or should that be: /home/project/work ext3 Probably not? -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated? ...Henry David Thoreau *** Debian, just the best way to create magic ___ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to add a mount point in fstab?
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/06/08 19:46, hce wrote: On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 07/05/08 18:34, hce wrote: On 7/4/08, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 07/04/08 00:47, hce wrote: Hi, I have a partition in /dev/sda6 which is manually mounted to my user directory ~/work every time when I start the x window. Is following command correct to add /dev/sda6 in to the fstab? /dev/sda6 /hom/mycount/work ext3 0 0 You're missing the options field. Try this, where $YOU is your username: /dev/sda6 /hom/mycount/work ext3 defaults,noauto,user=$YOU 0 0 Changing topic: what ensures that the kernel will always see that device as sda, instead of sdb? The sda6 is actually a harddisk partition (not for usb stick). kernel should have no problem to see it. Is this your only internal (including optical) SATA drive? Maybe your CD/DVD drive is IDE? I am not clear the internal hardware structure, it is an Acer ASPIRE 5920 laptop. This should help: $ lspci | grep AHCI A little Googling shows that it has a SATA HDD. Please see following lspci: /sbin/lspci | grep AHCI 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0121 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 58 I/O ports at 1c00 [size=8] I/O ports at 18d4 [size=4] I/O ports at 18d8 [size=8] I/O ports at 18d0 [size=4] I/O ports at 18e0 [size=32] Memory at f0704000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K] Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/2 Enable+ Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [a8] #12 [0010] I added a line of /dev/sda6 /hom/project/work ext3 defaults,noauto,user=project 0 0 to the fstab, but it was actually not working, there was an error of bad line in fstab during boot (the user is project). Was it the problem as you concerned that kernel could not see it? See it? No. But, rather, that Linux does not hard code SCSI devices. So, if you have multiple SATA, USB or FireWire devices, what today is sda might, the next time you boot, be sdb. Of course course, if you only have 1 SATA device, this all becomes moot. Not sure above indicated 1 SATA device? Was the error of the /dev/sda6 /hom/project/work ext3 defaults,noauto,user=project 0 0 syntax error, or the /dev/sda6 of 1 SATA device? Thank you. Jim - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkhxa3cACgkQS9HxQb37Xmc0lQCdFO//iP85r5o+Kbjbw56atNPa hBkAn3PseJDEUsNU582I4l/LQS0pfd56 =PGxD -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to add a mount point in fstab?
On 7/4/08, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/04/08 00:47, hce wrote: Hi, I have a partition in /dev/sda6 which is manually mounted to my user directory ~/work every time when I start the x window. Is following command correct to add /dev/sda6 in to the fstab? /dev/sda6 /hom/mycount/work ext3 0 0 You're missing the options field. Try this, where $YOU is your username: /dev/sda6 /hom/mycount/work ext3 defaults,noauto,user=$YOU 0 0 Changing topic: what ensures that the kernel will always see that device as sda, instead of sdb? The sda6 is actually a harddisk partition (not for usb stick). kernel should have no problem to see it. Thanks Ron. Jim - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkhtu2wACgkQS9HxQb37Xmc+vQCgiguUgx/oA/ugcVxeb+xm/3Xv q08AoJNvrmsMFcNnEPxYea2wMHL47PC1 =5Ekj -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to add a mount point in fstab?
On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 12:55:56AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: Changing topic: what ensures that the kernel will always see that device as sda, instead of sdb? udev afaik. -- Police noticed some rustling sounds from Linn's bottom area and on closer inspection a roll of cash was found protruding from Linn's anus, the full amount of cash taken in the robbery. - http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/robber-hides-loot-up-his-booty/2008/05/09/1210131248617.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to add a mount point in fstab?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/04/08 00:58, CaT wrote: On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 12:55:56AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: Changing topic: what ensures that the kernel will always see that device as sda, instead of sdb? udev afaik. Quite the opposite. udev was conceived because Linux specifically does *not* guarantee /dev stability. It's also why UUID= LABEL= now litter /etc/fstab instead of /dev/sd[a-j]N. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkht/RAACgkQS9HxQb37Xme5vwCgySm9VVim3PrZijMy2bt9DfiU 6U0AoMONvFmZ3Bj5GQBuYs7NGbQ3NJFq =WYX1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to add a mount point in fstab?
Hi, I have a partition in /dev/sda6 which is manually mounted to my user directory ~/work every time when I start the x window. Is following command correct to add /dev/sda6 in to the fstab? /dev/sda6 /hom/mycount/work ext3 0 0 Thank you. Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to add a mount point in fstab?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/04/08 00:47, hce wrote: Hi, I have a partition in /dev/sda6 which is manually mounted to my user directory ~/work every time when I start the x window. Is following command correct to add /dev/sda6 in to the fstab? /dev/sda6 /hom/mycount/work ext3 0 0 You're missing the options field. Try this, where $YOU is your username: /dev/sda6 /hom/mycount/work ext3 defaults,noauto,user=$YOU 0 0 Changing topic: what ensures that the kernel will always see that device as sda, instead of sdb? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkhtu2wACgkQS9HxQb37Xmc+vQCgiguUgx/oA/ugcVxeb+xm/3Xv q08AoJNvrmsMFcNnEPxYea2wMHL47PC1 =5Ekj -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
