[hyeteck]

hey guys,

i just formatted my maxtor hard drive and added it to my linux computer. It is in ext3 format. I mounted it by modifying my fstab. I can't seem to be able to write to it. It gives a permission error. Here is my fstab part for the new maxtor drive.

/dev/hdc1 /mnt/maxtor ext3 rw,user,auto 0 0

[bryansmith]

Try this:

/dev/hdc1	/mnt/maxtor	ext3	rw,user,auto,umask=000	0	0

Bryan

[hyeteck]

hmm...now i get the following error when i try to click on the drive from my system:/media

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc1,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

[hyeteck]

When i have the following set in the fstab, it lets me write to it as root but not as a regular user.

/dev/hdc1 /mnt/maxtor ext3 rw,user,auto 0 0

any ideas what i can do?

[tpl]

have you looked at the permissions of /mnt/maxtor?
who has permissions to write?

[devils casper]

post the output of fdisk -l command.







Casper

[hyeteck]

this is the output of the fdisk -l command for the drive i want to mount

Disk /dev/hdc: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14946 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 1 14946 120053713+ 83 Linux

[devils casper]

add this code in /etc/fstab file.

/dev/hdc1     /mnt/maxtor    ext3    defaults 0 0

execute 'mount -a' after editing fstab file.







Casper

[hyeteck]

same situation. I can read and write with root and can only read with my user and not write

[devils casper]

okk ! add uid and gid in the mount line.

/dev/hdc1        /mnt/maxtor     ext3   defaults,uid=<user_id>,gid=<group_id> 0 0

check user's id and gid though 'id' command.




Casper