Slates wrote: > Thankyou for that - such is the danger of randomly copying syntax from > the web! > > Ive corrected fstab to read : > LABEL=Cyclopes15 /media/Cyclopes15 ntfs-3g > uid=1000,gid=1004,umask=022,dmask=022,fmask=022,auto,nobootwait,nofail,bootwait > 0 0 > LABEL=Medusa65 /media/Medusa65 ntfs-3g > uid=1000,gid=1004,umask=022,dmask=022,fmask=022,auto,nobootwait,nofail,bootwait > 0 0 > > Which I believe to be correct according to your link. After remounting > SB can now see the second drive (although this actually happened after I > did a chmod -R on Medusa65, so I cant say that fstab made that change). > However the mount points still suggest to me fstab isnt working as they > look like this : > > drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12288 Sep 8 16:15 Cyclopes15 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 12 19:59 floppy -> floppy0 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 12 19:59 floppy0 > drwxr-xr-x 1 colic colic 8192 Sep 9 11:51 Medusa65 > > In fstab uid 1000 is colic, and Medusa65 (the troublesome drive) is > mounted as I would expect. Cyclopes15, as you can see, is mounted as > root which I dont get. Its suggesting that ugo have FULL access, which > isnt what fstab says. > > Why would they be different when fstab is identical for them, assuming > ive got fstab right now? > > While I could say "I can see the drive now, problem solved", it isnt as > there are still permission issues for SB (and anyone else) accessing new > files that I havent chmod'd. Its like fstab is being ignored, except I > know it isnt totally ignored because the drives auto mount on boot (is > that a vlaid assumption). > > Do you have any further wisdom to share ? :-)
when you created the directory where you you want to mount the drive /media/Cyclopes15 is that folder realy named /media/Cyclopes15 not /media/cyclopes15 Linux is case sensitive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74915 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
