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Problem with fstab file
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I installed Ubuntu 7.0.4 Desktop i386. My computer has 2 hard-disks, one is 20G one in which Ubuntu was installed. Another one is 30GB hard-disk used for data storage. So, there are 3 partitions in my computer: hda1, hda5 (swap partition), and hdb. I would like to mount hdb5 automatically at boot, so I edited the fstab file. Here is my steps:
1. Using Terminal to set for user Admin can access folder /etc
su (change to root)
chown Admin /etc
chmod -R 777 /etc
2. Exit Terminal, use Text Editor to open fstab file in /etc folder, then add one more line at the end of fstab file:
UUID=308ce7f4-f657-4dcb-b6
Save the fstab file.
3. Create a folder hdd2 in Home Folder, that is create the folder /home/Admin/hdd2
4. Restart the computer.
It works good. The hard-disk was mounted and its content is in hdd2 folder.
However, right after that, some other system functions like Synaptic Package Manager, Update Manager, GNOME Partittion Editor, etc. cannot run. I edited the fstab again by remove the last line, so that it is like the original one, then restart the PC. Those functions do not work, and I now even cannot mount the second hard-disk any more.
Where does the problem come from? How can I fix it? Is there any place for downloading the original fstab file? Please help.
I installed Ubuntu 7.0.4 Desktop i386. My computer has 2 hard-disks, one is 20G one in which Ubuntu was installed. Another one is 30GB hard-disk used for data storage. So, there are 3 partitions in my computer: hda1, hda5 (swap partition), and hdb. I would like to mount hdb5 automatically at boot, so I edited the fstab file. Here is my steps:
1. Using Terminal to set for user Admin can access folder /etc
su (change to root)
chown Admin /etc
chmod -R 777 /etc
2. Exit Terminal, use Text Editor to open fstab file in /etc folder, then add one more line at the end of fstab file:
UUID=308ce7f4-f657-4dcb-b6
Save the fstab file.
3. Create a folder hdd2 in Home Folder, that is create the folder /home/Admin/hdd2
4. Restart the computer.
It works good. The hard-disk was mounted and its content is in hdd2 folder.
However, right after that, some other system functions like Synaptic Package Manager, Update Manager, GNOME Partittion Editor, etc. cannot run. I edited the fstab again by remove the last line, so that it is like the original one, then restart the PC. Those functions do not work, and I now even cannot mount the second hard-disk any more.
Where does the problem come from? How can I fix it? Is there any place for downloading the original fstab file? Please help.
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Ubuntu live CD do not have option for installing without format. That is the problem.
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Because I'm a newbie in Linux :"> I'n not familiar with command line. I would like to do commands in Gnome, so I change the permissions so that user Admin can edit files.
Anyway, I made a new installation. It is faster than download the Alternate CD because my internet speed is low.
Thank both of you for your comments.
Anyway, I made a new installation. It is faster than download the Alternate CD because my internet speed is low.
Thank both of you for your comments.
There is a decent website explaining the use of sudo:
http://itg.chem.indiana.edu/inc/wiki/software/165.html
There is also gksudo which is used for graphical frontend.
http://itg.chem.indiana.edu/inc/wiki/software/165.html
There is also gksudo which is used for graphical frontend.
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