Re: [fsug-tvm] Problem mounting home directory
On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Balasankar Chelamattath c.balasan...@gmail.com wrote: And this is mine. Don't know why it has UUID, while Jishnu's have /dev path. UUID is optional. you can use /dev/sd* if you know it won't change. -- Regards, Jishnu http://blog.thecodecracker.com jish...@joindiaspora.com http://twitter.com/jishnu7 -- -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ilug-tvm+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [fsug-tvm] Problem mounting home directory
On 07/04/2013 04:08 AM, V. Sasi Kumar wrote: On Thursday 04 July 2013 12:07 AM, Balasankar Chelamattath wrote: And this is mine. Don't know why it has UUID, while Jishnu's have /dev path. *UUID=41b17fab-cd95-4a65-a79e-e1312a9f9c4a /home ext4 defaults0 2* May be you can replace this UUID with yours and try. No, I think the problem is that the file system type was missing in my fstab. But then the other lines too don't have that in them, but only /home was giving problem. Let me check with ext4 added in the statement. Shall get back later. Dear Sir, You need the file system type after the mount point (/home). At least give 'auto' in that field. Are you sure your other partitions that don't have proper filesystem type entries are mounted correctly at boot? They shouldn't be! regards, Syam -- -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ilug-tvm+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [fsug-tvm] Problem mounting home directory
On Thursday 04 July 2013 06:34 PM, Syam Krishnan wrote: Dear Sir, You need the file system type after the mount point (/home). At least give 'auto' in that field. Are you sure your other partitions that don't have proper filesystem type entries are mounted correctly at boot? They shouldn't be! Thank you, Syam. I give the complete fstab below. I did add ext4 in the line at some point, but it still doesn't seem to work. Trying again, anyway. Thanks once again. Sasi -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://chithariyachinthakal.blogspot.com -- -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ilug-tvm+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [fsug-tvm] Problem mounting home directory
Following is fstab entry for my home partition. hope it might help. /dev/sda6 /home/jishnu ext3 nodev,nosuid 0 2 On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Sasi Kumar sasi@gmail.com wrote: I noticed today that as the machine boots up, it gives an error: Failed to identify file system type defaults So, it looks like the system has taken defaults as the filesystem type, though I don't understand why. If ai remember right, the fstab line for home has always been like: /dev/sdb5 /home defaults 1 2 If I change the line to: /dev/sdb5 /home rw,user,auto 1 2 the error becomes: Failed to identify file system type noaiuto Does this give anyone any idea what the problem could be? Regards, Sasi On 28 June 2013 22:38, Balasankar Chelamattath c.balasan...@gmail.com wrote: Sir, This is the official documentation by Ubuntu on that topic. I believe it would apply to Debian also. It involves editing the fstab file. Please try it. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving PS: If you have already tried that, apologies. Regards, Balasankar C 2013/6/28 Sasi Kumar sasi@gmail.com Dear friends, I have recently installed Debian Wheezy base with applications from testing. As I usually do, I opted not to use my /home partition while installing. Instead, I added the home partition to fstab with the following line: /dev/sdb5 /home defaults1 2 Now I find that the partition is not mounted when I login. Instead, I have to mount it manually every time. Does anyone know why this happens and how it can be rectified? Thanks and regards, Sasi -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please see: http://swatantryam.blogspot.com/ -- -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ilug-tvm+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ilug-tvm+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please see: http://swatantryam.blogspot.com/ -- -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ilug-tvm+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Regards, Jishnu http://blog.thecodecracker.com jish...@joindiaspora.com http://twitter.com/jishnu7 -- -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the
Re: [fsug-tvm] Problem mounting home directory
And this is mine. Don't know why it has UUID, while Jishnu's have /dev path. *UUID=41b17fab-cd95-4a65-a79e-e1312a9f9c4a /home ext4 defaults0 2* May be you can replace this UUID with yours and try. Regards, Balasankar C 2013/7/3 Jishnu jish...@gmail.com Following is fstab entry for my home partition. hope it might help. /dev/sda6 /home/jishnu ext3 nodev,nosuid 0 2 On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Sasi Kumar sasi@gmail.com wrote: I noticed today that as the machine boots up, it gives an error: Failed to identify file system type defaults So, it looks like the system has taken defaults as the filesystem type, though I don't understand why. If ai remember right, the fstab line for home has always been like: /dev/sdb5 /home defaults 1 2 If I change the line to: /dev/sdb5 /home rw,user,auto 1 2 the error becomes: Failed to identify file system type noaiuto Does this give anyone any idea what the problem could be? Regards, Sasi On 28 June 2013 22:38, Balasankar Chelamattath c.balasan...@gmail.com wrote: Sir, This is the official documentation by Ubuntu on that topic. I believe it would apply to Debian also. It involves editing the fstab file. Please try it. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving PS: If you have already tried that, apologies. Regards, Balasankar C 2013/6/28 Sasi Kumar sasi@gmail.com Dear friends, I have recently installed Debian Wheezy base with applications from testing. As I usually do, I opted not to use my /home partition while installing. Instead, I added the home partition to fstab with the following line: /dev/sdb5 /home defaults1 2 Now I find that the partition is not mounted when I login. Instead, I have to mount it manually every time. Does anyone know why this happens and how it can be rectified? Thanks and regards, Sasi -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please see: http://swatantryam.blogspot.com/ -- -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ilug-tvm+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ilug-tvm+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please see: http://swatantryam.blogspot.com/ -- -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ilug-tvm+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Regards, Jishnu http://blog.thecodecracker.com jish...@joindiaspora.com http://twitter.com/jishnu7 -- -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message
Re: [fsug-tvm] Problem mounting home directory
On Thursday 04 July 2013 12:07 AM, Balasankar Chelamattath wrote: And this is mine. Don't know why it has UUID, while Jishnu's have /dev path. *UUID=41b17fab-cd95-4a65-a79e-e1312a9f9c4a /home ext4 defaults0 2* May be you can replace this UUID with yours and try. No, I think the problem is that the file system type was missing in my fstab. But then the other lines too don't have that in them, but only /home was giving problem. Let me check with ext4 added in the statement. Shall get back later. Thanks everyone. Sasi -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://chithariyachinthakal.blogspot.com -- -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ilug-tvm+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [fsug-tvm] Problem mounting home directory
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Sasi Kumar sasi@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, I have recently installed Debian Wheezy base with applications from testing. As I usually do, I opted not to use my /home partition while installing. Instead, I added the home partition to fstab with the following line: /dev/sdb5 /home defaults1 2 This line works for me, /dev/sda1 /home/jaseem ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 1 -- -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ilug-tvm+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [fsug-tvm] Problem mounting home directory
Sir, This is the official documentation by Ubuntu on that topic. I believe it would apply to Debian also. It involves editing the fstab file. Please try it. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving PS: If you have already tried that, apologies. Regards, Balasankar C 2013/6/28 Sasi Kumar sasi@gmail.com Dear friends, I have recently installed Debian Wheezy base with applications from testing. As I usually do, I opted not to use my /home partition while installing. Instead, I added the home partition to fstab with the following line: /dev/sdb5 /home defaults1 2 Now I find that the partition is not mounted when I login. Instead, I have to mount it manually every time. Does anyone know why this happens and how it can be rectified? Thanks and regards, Sasi -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please see: http://swatantryam.blogspot.com/ -- -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ilug-tvm+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ilug-tvm+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
