[Jonathan183]

From your last post you have two drives (output of fdisk -l) ...
sda with a linux partition sda1, and an extended partition which just has a swap partition.
sdb with an extended partition with a linux partition sdb5.

The above take up the entire disk capacities ... there is no ntfs partition to mount. Is there another drive you want to access? or is your issue mounting sdb5?
If its mounting sdb5 then you need to post the output of

sudo cat /etc/fstab

If you want us to suggest modifications for automount of devices.

[leo5111]

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=94b396b8-1cee-4743-8582-702ae56507a0 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=17e34ca3-ccbf-40d8-971a-ca43d35a6a3f none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/scd1 /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=94b396b8-1cee-4743-8582-702ae56507a0 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=17e34ca3-ccbf-40d8-971a-ca43d35a6a3f none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/scd1 /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 and thanx for tryin to help me

[Jonathan183]

I assume you managed to double post the fstab contents. First I suggest you add a directory to mount sdb5 to ...

sudo mkdir /media/sdb5

Then check with a manual mount you get the desired effect

sudo mount /dev/sdb5 /media/sdb5

Assuming this works you need to add a suitable entry in fstab for example ...

# /dev/sdb5
/dev/sdb5 /media/sdb5     ext3    defaults        0       2

[devils casper]

Set fsck option to 0 or 1 in /etc/fstab file. 1 will force fsck on ext3 partition.

/dev/sdb5 /media/sdb5     ext3    defaults        0       0 

You wont be able to write in /media/sdb5 as Regular User. Give ownership of mount_point ( /media/sdb5 ) to Regular User for that.
Let say, Regular User ID is leo. Execute this

sudo chown leo:leo /media/sdb5

[leo5111]

im confused am i supposed to add whole thing?? /dev/sdb5
/dev/sdb5 /media/sdb5 ext3 defaults 0 2 because if you look at youre post its on 2 lines thanks ??

[Jonathan183]

Originally Posted by leo5111

im confused am i supposed to add whole thing?? /dev/sdb5
/dev/sdb5 /media/sdb5 ext3 defaults 0 2 because if you look at youre post its on 2 lines thanks ??

The first line has # at the beginning so is ignored ... its just for you to read. Not stricktly necessary in this case but if you start using things like UUID the comments come in handy. Look at the rest of your fstab file and see what I mean.

[leo5111]

output of of f-disk i fubared my file coudnt get back in so reinstalled mint... Disk /dev/sda: 74.3 GB, 74355769344 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9039 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1fc71fc6

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 8666 69609613+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 8667 9039 2996122+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 8667 9039 2996091 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x870411e9

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2 60801 488376000 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5 2 60801 488375968+ 83 Linux

[leo5111]

also for future refernce how do i back it up before hand and if i screw it up and it refuses to boot how do i get back in and fix it?? thanx

[devils casper]

Could you post the contents of /etc/fstab and ouput of df -h command here?

cat /etc/fstab
df -h

how do i back it up before hand and if i screw it up and it refuses to boot how do i get back in and fix i??

Just copy file(s) and save at safe place. In case anything goes wrong, booy in Rescue Mode or from any LiveCD and replace files.

[leo5111]

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=d9b36543-19b3-4546-8617-f7e37950b61b / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=c9c4abf2-58e0-43da-bb81-1ebdda29cbaf none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd1 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0 EDIT also i tried logging in with live cd when it happened but didnt know the login name&password when usin the live cd so i couldnt get permission to change fstab or to erase and replace it