Missing hard drive space

[jdow]

From: "MG" <m.s0128532 at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, 2009/April/20 01:37


> Your english is fine, better than some peoples who have it as a first
> language
>
> Am not sure what to do as sudo nano /etc/fstab gives this result inside 
> the
> terminal :
>
> This will open a text file with already a few lines.
> My version of that file on my Debian box goes like this:
>
> /dev/sda1     /     ext3     errors=remount-ro
>
>  GNU nano 2.0.7              File: /etc/fstab
> Modified
>
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> #  -- This file has been automaticly generated by ntfs-config --
> #
> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
>
> Yproc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> # Entry for /dev/sda1 :
> UUID=d053ecd0-1482-4cfc-8b34-1d821a41f843 / ext3 
> relatime,errors=remount-ro
> 0 1
> # Entry for /dev/sda5 :
> UUID=8c6a2356-9c6b-4ef1-9b65-8e6edbf76120 none swap sw 0 0
> /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
> none       /mnt/ramfs      tmpfs      defaults  0 0


If that is the full /etc/fstab it's clearer where your problem lies.
You've never told the system that it should mount the other partitions
every time. Since you use a formal configuration tool you should consult
it and its manual. (I generally hand edit and leave it at that.)

{^_^}