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Hello, I would like to request for some help on how to mount the other partitions of my system in my debian OS please I need this particularly for my ...
  1. 09-06-2009 #1
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    [SOLVED] Mounting Other Partitions

    Hello,

    I would like to request for some help on how to mount the other partitions of my system in my debian OS please I need this particularly for my storage bin sd5 but also I might need to transfer some files from one place to another in the future. Konsole commands are preferred but gui also fine.

    Thanks in advance!

    Code:
    debian:~# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc5e3f820

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1        1913    15366141    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2   *        1914       30260   227697277+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3           30261       30401     1132582+  12  Compaq diagnostics
/dev/sda5            1914       23313   171895468+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6           23314       23563     2008093+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7           23564       25093    12289693+  83  Linux
/dev/sda8           25094       26552    11719386   83  Linux
/dev/sda9           26553       28104    12466408+  83  Linux
/dev/sda10          28105       29182     8659003+  83  Linux
/dev/sda11          29183       30260     8659003+  83  Linux
debian:~#
  2. 09-06-2009 #2
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    What happens if you type

    Code:
    mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
    as root?
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    Quote Originally Posted by GNU-Fan View Post
    What happens if you type

    Code:
    mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
    as root?
    Hello

    Code:
    mount point mnt does not exist
  4. 09-07-2009 #4
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    Use the man pages!!

    It might be a good idea to take a look at the mount man page. That'll give you all the information you'll need to mount whatever partition you want.

    I have a store partition on my system which I mount to a folder called store in my Home folder so I would type in

    Code:
    mount /dev/sda5 /home/me/store
    THats just a simple little example which might help, however you've got a few different file systems on your box so you might want to read about the mount command.

    If you want a partition to always be available it can be mounted automatically at boot by using the fstab file in /etc. THere's a manual page for that too.
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  5. 09-15-2009 #5
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    Make a mount point like the bassinvader has shown maybe in /mnt

    as root
    Code:
    mkdir /mnt/name
    Then as root
    Code:
    mount /dev/sd5 /mnt/name
    It should mount but it will mount read only, if you want to write to it you will need to install ntfs-3g do that through the package manager or from a terminal as root apt-get install ntfs-3g
  6. 09-15-2009 #6
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    You have to allow read/write access to Regular User too.
    Execute this in Terminal :

    Code:
    su -
mkdir /media/sda5
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda5  /media/sda5 -o defaults,umask=0
    /dev/sda5 will be available in /media/sda5 and all users will have full privileges.

    If you want to mount this partition permanently then add this code in /etc/fstab file :
    Code:
    /dev/sda5    /media/sda5    ntfs-3g   defaults,umask=0  0  0
    Save file and execute mount -a command. You won't have to execute mount command again on reboot.
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  7. 09-15-2009 #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrrangerman View Post
    Make a mount point like the bassinvader has shown maybe in /mnt

    as root
    Code:
    mkdir /mnt/name
    Then as root
    Code:
    mount /dev/sd5 /mnt/name
    It should mount but it will mount read only, if you want to write to it you will need to install ntfs-3g do that through the package manager or from a terminal as root apt-get install ntfs-3g
    Hi,

    I mkdir /home/jun/storage and an arrow appear at the icon which usually means that the media is mounted. However, when I click on it it gies me an error message as bellow.

    Code:
    Could not enter folder /home/jun/storage.
    Code:
    jun@debian:~$ su -
Password:
debian:~# mount /dev/sda5 /home/me/store
mount: mount point /home/me/store does not exist
debian:~# mkdir /home/jun/storage
debian:~# ls
debian:~# mount /dev/sda5 /home/jun/storage
debian:~# ls
debian:~#
    Thanks
  8. 09-15-2009 #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrrangerman View Post
    Make a mount point like the bassinvader has shown maybe in /mnt

    as root
    Code:
    mkdir /mnt/name
    Then as root
    Code:
    mount /dev/sd5 /mnt/name
    It should mount but it will mount read only, if you want to write to it you will need to install ntfs-3g do that through the package manager or from a terminal as root apt-get install ntfs-3g
    I installed ntfs-3g and here is the output:

    Code:
    debian:~# apt-get install ntfs-3g
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libntfs-3g31
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libntfs-3g31 ntfs-3g
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 168kB of archives.
After this operation, 467kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main libntfs-3g31 1:1.2531-1.1 [141kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main ntfs-3g 1:1.2531-1.1 [27.0kB]
Fetched 168kB in 6s (24.3kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libntfs-3g31.
(Reading database ... 100584 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libntfs-3g31 (from .../libntfs-3g31_1%3a1.2531-1.1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package ntfs-3g.
Unpacking ntfs-3g (from .../ntfs-3g_1%3a1.2531-1.1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for hal ...
Regenerating hal fdi cache ...
Restarting Hardware abstraction layer: hald.
Setting up libntfs-3g31 (1:1.2531-1.1) ...
Setting up ntfs-3g (1:1.2531-1.1) ...
debian:~#

    EDIT: Still cannot mount and gives me the same error message.
    Last edited by nujinini; 09-15-2009 at 11:13 PM.
  9. 09-15-2009 #9
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    Code:
    su -
mkdir /media/sda5
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda5  /media/sda5 -o defaults,umask=0
    /dev/sda5 will be available in /media/sda5 and all users will have full privileges.


    Hello Casper,

    I tried the below and it seems I am doing it wrongly. Can you please point it out my mistake? Thanks
    Code:
    jun@debian:~$ su -
Password:
debian:~# mount /dev/sda5 /home/jun/storage
debian:~# apt-get install ntfs-3g
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
ntfs-3g is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
debian:~# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda5  /media/sda5 -o defaults,umask=0
ntfs-3g-mount: failed to access mountpoint /media/sda5: No such file or directory
debian:~# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda5  /home/jun/storage -o defaults,umask=0
ntfs-3g-mount: mount failed: Device or resource busy
debian:~# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda5  /media/sda5 -o defaults,umask=0
ntfs-3g-mount: failed to access mountpoint /media/sda5: No such file or directory
debian:~#
    Last edited by nujinini; 09-15-2009 at 11:40 PM.
  10. 09-16-2009 #10
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    Code:
    su -
mkdir /media/sda5
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda5  /media/sda5 -o defaults,umask=0
    I did the above and was able to make the sda5 open, at last )

    Code:
    jun@debian:~$ su -
Password:
debian:~# mkdir /media/sda5
debian:~# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda5 /media/sda5 -o defaults,umask=0
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