[pfeigl]

OK. I can read USB and CDROM but not HDD. Here is my latest fstab:

/dev/sda1 /mnt/hd ext3 noauto, user 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sdg1 /mnt/usbdev auto noauto,user 0 0

Any thoughts? /hd exists in /mnt BTW.

Peter

[Jonathan183]

Originally Posted by pfeigl

OK. I can read USB and CDROM but not HDD. Here is my latest fstab:

/dev/sda1        /mnt/hd          ext3        noauto, user     0   0
/dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom       auto        noauto,user   ro  0   0
/dev/fd0         /mnt/floppy      auto        noauto,owner     0   0
devpts           /dev/pts         devpts      gid=5,mode=620   0   0
proc             /proc            proc        defaults         0   0
/dev/sdg1       /mnt/usbdev     auto            noauto,user     0  0

Any thoughts? /hd exists in /mnt BTW.

Peter

You look to have a space between noauto, and user ... not sure if that is what is causing the problem.

[Freston]

Originally Posted by pfeigl

Any thoughts? /hd exists in /mnt BTW.

Yeah but that's just arbitrary. You can mount it under /mnt/dvd or under some directory of your own invention, as long as it exists and is (preferably) empty.

I take it it's an external HDD? Does it show up in this?

fdisk -l                # -l is a small L

This is bound to give output similar to this:

Disk /dev/sdb: 2048 MB, 2048729600 bytes
64 heads, 63 sectors/track, 992 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 = 2064384 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1         992     1999749+   6  FAT16

Then add another line in fstab with the right device name. In the above case it would be: /dev/sdb1 /mnt/mydir auto noauto,user 0 0

[pfeigl]

I don't really understand what you're saying. sda1 is the internal system drive. There are no externals. I saw hd in /mnt and thought it would be good to use. Its maddening that I have the other devices sorted out but I can't see my own HDD...

Peter

[pfeigl]

Should I go into /mnt and create an HDD mount point? How would I do that?

Peter

[Jonathan183]

Originally Posted by pfeigl

I don't really understand what you're saying. sda1 is the internal system drive. There are no externals. I saw hd in /mnt and thought it would be good to use. Its maddening that I have the other devices sorted out but I can't see my own HDD...

Peter

My previous post indicated there was a space ... in addition to this your /etc/fstab has no entry for / root so if this is your whole /etc/fstab the system is unlikely to boot. Can you post the output of

fdisk -l

l is a small L, you need to run with root rights use either su or sudo (I don't have the OS so am not sure which works in it).

[pfeigl]

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

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 30073 241561341 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 30074 30401 2634660 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 30074 30401 2634628+ 82 Linux swap
root@SlackBox:/#

Pretty simple huh?

Peter

[Jonathan183]

Originally Posted by pfeigl

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

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 30073 241561341 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 30074 30401 2634660 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 30074 30401 2634628+ 82 Linux swap
root@SlackBox:/#

Pretty simple huh?

Peter

You don't have the external hard drive connected ... lets fix the fstab entry so you can boot first ... /dev/sda1 is the root so something like this should work ...

Originally Posted by pfeigl

OK. I can read USB and CDROM but not HDD. Here is my latest fstab:

/dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sdg1 /mnt/usbdev auto noauto,user 0 0

Any thoughts? /hd exists in /mnt BTW.

Peter

This link may be of use for future mods to fstab. If you made a backup copy of fstab before modifying then restore it ... its worth taking a backup copy before you modify it in future.

Ed: once you get your system to boot again ... plug in the external drive and run fdisk -l again and post the output if you still need help getting it to mount. Also added entry for swap !

[pfeigl]

I believe you were after this (or a reasonable facsimile):

/dev/sda1        / ext3                      defaults,user     0   1
/dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom       auto        noauto,user   ro  0   0
/dev/fd0         /mnt/floppy      auto        noauto,owner     0   0
devpts           /dev/pts         devpts      gid=5,mode=620   0   0
proc             /proc            proc        defaults         0   0
/dev/sdg1       /mnt/usbdev     auto            noauto,user     0  0
/dev/hda5        swap             swap        defaults         0   0
~

Peter

[pfeigl]

I can access my HDD now! However, when I open it, it shows nothing and says there are no files and 1 folder. It also says the drive is not mounted. How can that be if it is the system drive? Is there a way to go about mounting it (automatically)?

Peter