Mounting problems in an HD Install

**pummer** · 07-15-2003, 03:37 AM

when i boot from CD my hard drive is usually auto-mounted. but now that i've booted from the HD, all I have on my desktop is the floppy disk. I was under the impression that I'd be able to use my hard drive to save things on, and my CD-ROM to read from. I'm booted from the HD, i just don't see it on the screen. How do I mount the CD-ROM and the HD?

**fingers99** · 07-15-2003, 03:40 AM

open up /etc/fstab in your editor of choice as root. Then, remove the # from in front of any entries you want mounted.

As root, do mount -a (or just reboot).

**pummer** · 07-15-2003, 04:00 AM

alright, I definetly screwed it up by doing that. I mounted the boot drive as read-only, so now i'm farked and have to reinstall. why doesn't it auto mount like it does off the cd?

**Stephen** · 07-15-2003, 04:31 AM

Originally Posted by pummer

alright, I definetly screwed it up by doing that. I mounted the boot drive as read-only, so now i'm farked and have to reinstall. why doesn't it auto mount like it does off the cd?

You don't have to re-install the worst you have to do is boot from the CD and make changes to the /etc/fstab on the HD post the file so we can see it and suggest changes.

**pummer** · 07-15-2003, 09:37 PM

here's the code: please help!

Code:

# /etc/fstab: filesystem table.
#
# filesystem  mountpoint  type  options  dump  pass
#/dev/hda1  /  ext3  defaults,errors=remount-ro  0  1
#/dev/hda2  none  swap  sw  0  0
proc  /proc  proc  defaults  0  0
/dev/fd0  /floppy  vfat  defaults,user,noauto,showexec,umask=022  0  0
/dev/cdrom  /cdrom  iso9660  defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto  0  0
# partitions found by Knoppix
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix 0 0
/dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0

**Stephen** · 07-15-2003, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by pummer

here's the code: please help!

Code:

# /etc/fstab: filesystem table.
#
# filesystem  mountpoint  type  options  dump  pass
#/dev/hda1  /  ext3  defaults,errors=remount-ro  0  1
#/dev/hda2  none  swap  sw  0  0
proc  /proc  proc  defaults  0  0
/dev/fd0  /floppy  vfat  defaults,user,noauto,showexec,umask=022  0  0
/dev/cdrom  /cdrom  iso9660  defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto  0  0
# partitions found by Knoppix
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix 0 0
/dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0

If I am reading this correctly then you have installed knoppix to hda1 and the swap to hda2 if this is the case then:

1. Boot from CD open a console window (clam shell icon on the taskbar)

2. While in the console window sudo mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1

3. Then still in console window sudo gvim /mnt/hda1/etc/fstab

4. Edit the file removing the # from in front of the lines:

Code:

#/dev/hda1  /  ext3  defaults,errors=remount-ro  0  1
#/dev/hda2  none  swap  sw  0  0

5. Add a # to the front of these lines:

Code:

/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix 0 0
/dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0

6. Save the file and reboot and everything should work.

If these are not the correct partitions then post the output of sudo fdsik -l /dev/hda from a CD boot so I can see the partitions on the drive.

**pummer** · 07-16-2003, 01:43 AM

the file's read-only... do I have to login as root?

EDIT: OK i figured it out myself, I edited the file as per your instructions. Now it boots off the HD, but i'm back to my original problem: there's no HD or CD auto-mounted in the hd install.

**fingers99** · 07-16-2003, 02:17 AM

Try:

/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noexec,auto 0 0
# partitions found by Knoppix
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs auto,users,exec,ro,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix 0 0

Don't try changing the ro! And make a back up first.

Note that sometimes running automount isn't a good idea!

**Stephen** · 07-16-2003, 04:12 AM

Originally Posted by pummer

the file's read-only... do I have to login as root?

EDIT: OK i figured it out myself, I edited the file as per your instructions. Now it boots off the HD, but i'm back to my original problem: there's no HD or CD auto-mounted in the hd install.

Reading your first post you want the icons for the HD and CD-ROM on the desktop now right? Just right click on the desktop and select create new and then choose hard drive device and select the proper device (/dev/hda1) in the device tab make sure the read only permission checkbox is unselected in the permissions tab and click on OK and you will have the icon for the HD then just do the same for the CD except the permission tab part. The CD will be auto-mounted when ever you put a CD-ROM in it and click on the icon, your HD is already mounted when you boot you will be able to access it read-write from the icon.