Fstab Config for External Hard Drives?

[Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)]

On Mon, April 20, 2009 17:14, MG wrote:
> is this correct?
>
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> #  -- This file has been automaticly generated by ntfs-config --
> #
> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
>
>
proc /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
# Entry for /dev/sdb1 :
UUID=F400580C0057D468 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# Entry for /dev/sdc1 :
UUID=A46C9A946C9A60BA / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# Entry for /dev/sdd1 :
UUID=d053ecd0-1482-4cfc-8b34-1d821a41f843 / ext3
relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1

Probably not.

As I read it, you now have 4 partitions that you are going to mount on /
If you do that, only the last mount wil take.
The result will probably be that your system will break after a reboot,
and you would need a LiveCD to fix the problem.

You need to fix your fstab file. Each mount point (the second column) must
be different. For example, /mnt/usbdisk1, /mnt/usbdisk2,
/mnt/harddisk3,...
You also have to make the directories (mount points) to make this work.
I am not going to tell you what the mount points should be. That is
something YOU decide.


There is another problem. You are mounting them all as type "ext3", but
you have already told us that some partitions are type "fat" and some are
type "ntfs".
Again, I'm not going to tell you what should go in the third column
(type). You already have enough information to figure that out yourself.

You will learn more if you try to solve it yourself. You will remember it
longer.

-- 
Amedee