Fstab Issue

[Spiike]

I"ve had the distro Ubuntu-Maverick for about a month.I really like it compared to the last Ubuntu I installed.I however keep having a reoccurring issue with my Usb flash drives.They mount but don't let me copy files to them.I had some issues before with my cd rom which I fixed but in doing so i think i created my usb problem.I know the problem is in Fstab most likely.I don't think its mounting correctly either.Here is my Fstab info:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=74e4d45b-3b09-454e-841e-24fcc17452f9 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=70ed0bdf-311b-45dd-b891-79ea3cbd9d98 none swap sw 0 0


Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Manko10]

Shouldn't be a problem with your fstab.
Which file system do you devices have?

[ptkobe]

Have you try copying as root? It may be a permissions problem.

Please post also the output of
$ ls -l /media
when you usb devce is connected.

[trijit]

This seems to be an issue regarding the permission. You can do the following.

Check /etc/mtab to see whether 'rw' is present in the mount point. If it is not present, mount it manually to

If so, from terminal type "sudo -i" to be the root user. You'll be now able to write the contents. In order to edit the contents of flash from front end, press 'Alt +F2', type "gksudo dolphin" (in KDE). Otherwise you can change the mount point permission for the local user from root privilege.

If you want to set the /etc/fstab entry for the device, you can do it in the following way:
==================
/dev/sdaX /mnt/flash msdosfs rw,noauto 0 0
==================

Regards,
Trijit
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