How do I permanently mount my 137 GB HD to my Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop Edition on my Dell Precision 450 Workstation?

[Edgar Sarino]

Dear Rashkae,

Here is the output, as requested:

edgar at edgar-desktop:~$ sudo mount
[sudo] password for edgar:
/dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/Data type ext3 (rw)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/edgar/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon
(rw,nosuid,nodev,user=edgar)

edgar at edgar-desktop:~$ sudo blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="641262b7-3057-4e2a-b659-a32eb62de7a5" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda5: TYPE="swap" UUID="3d4aef0f-48e1-4462-8397-68930b00f96c"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="9887bf55-f0c9-4472-bf4d-d84e5669d21c" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
TYPE="ext3"

Thanks for all your help.

- nineheadedhydra

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:

> Edgar Sarino wrote:
> > Dear Rashkae,
> >
> > I am somewhat familiar with using the Terminal in Mac OS 10.5.5.
> >
> > I have no problem editing text configuration files - I just don't want to
> > make a mistake and lose data or functionality.
> >
> > I am ready for your instructions.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> Looks like others have already suggested nice easy to use GUI tools I
> was unaware of..
>
> In any case, if you want to proceed the old fashioned way, I need you to
> mount the hard drive the way you normally do (when you see the
> lost/found directories)
>
> then please copy and paste the output of the following commands:
>
> sudo mount
> sudo blkid
>
> You need to create a mount point where you want the hard drive to mount
> permanently.  For example, I use /mnt/storage on my own system, but it
> can be anywhere, including somewhere in your home directory.  Just
> decide where you want the hard drive to be grafted, and create the
> directory with mkdir, such as mkdir /mnt/storage
>
> Then create a backup of your /etc/fstab file.  This is the file where
> hard drives and partitions are configured in Linux.  This is just a
> safety in case something goes horribly wrong.
>
> sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
>
>
>
> With the output of the mount and blkid commands, I should be able to
> provide you a line that you can copy and paste at the end of the fstab
> to add your new hard drive.  Once the drive is mounted, then it's simply
> a matter of changing ownership so you can write files to the drive as a
> regular user. (Assuming the drive is formatted with a POSIX compatible
> filesystem, such as ext3, and not dos fat or ntfs).  Using my
> /mnt/storage example, this would be:
>
> sudo chown -R username /mnt/storage
>
>
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