Missing hard drive space

[Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu)]

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jdow schreef:
> From: "Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu)" <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be>
> Sent: Monday, 2009/April/20 09:55
> 
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>> MG schreef:
>>> my fstab is now :
>>>
>>> # /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/sdc1 :
>>> /dev/sdc1    /media/External/usb1    vfat    rw,hard,intr    0       0
>>> # Entry for /dev/sdb1 :
>>>
>>> /dev/sdb1    /media/External/usb2    ntfs-3g rw,hard,intr    0       0
>>> # Entry for /dev/sdd1 :
>>> /dev/sdd1    /media/External/usb3    ntfs-3g rw,hard,intr    0       0
>>>
>>> and still no difference no sign of drives in the folders
>>> help!
>>>
>> What did you do after you saved the file?
>> Did you create the directories /media/External/usb1 /media/External/usb2
>> /media/External/usb3 ?
>> Did you do a "sudo mount -a"?
>> Did you reboot?
> 
> That is a real good point. And if he replaces the final zeros with a 2 then
> the drive will be mounted at boot time which seemed to be what he wanted.

???
Sorry, but as far as I know that is not the function of the two final
zeros. The last zero tells Linux if it should check (fsck) the
filesystem on startup, and I have never used the dump parameter. I never
bothered to read man fstab on that subject.

I also know that automounting or not is done in the <options> column,
the 4th column. For example, see the line that mounts /dev/scd0: there
you can see the noauto option.

> Then he can play with vol_id and replace the /dev/sdb1 type entries with
> UUID=<stuff> type entries. Then if the drive cabling gets physically
> rerouted he's still going to have no problems.

I recommend using LABEL. It's easier to understand and remember than a
cryptographical UUID.

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Amedee
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