changing mount point
Preston Hagar
prestonh at gmail.com
Thu Dec 3 21:29:23 UTC 2009
Thanks, that helps a lot. I will go through each and show what we
learned and then help you figure out what to do at the end.
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Gary Kirkpatrick <pegngary at gmail.com> wrote:
> gary at garynetbook:~$ df -h
> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda4 55G 43G 9.0G 83% /
> /dev/sda2 55G 16G 37G 30% /media/8.04
This shows your mounted file systems. I snipped out the ones that
aren't related to the matter at hand. It looks like your OS drive
(sda4) is mounted at / (very normal) and your data partition (sda2) is
mounted at /media/8.04
> cat /etc/fstab
> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> # / was on /dev/sda4 during installation
> UUID=25fc3c4f-ad42-44da-8b55-81d164e0bcaa / ext3
> relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
> # swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
> UUID=3f8899bc-e1de-4736-9e7f-beedb02ac32e none swap
> sw 0 0
>From your fstab, we can see that your sda2 partition isn't being
mounted at startup automatically. It is likely being mounted when you
click on it by hotplug in udev (or whatever service like that ubuntu
is using now) This can also be seen because that is usually how
things under /media/ get there.
>
> ls -la /home/
> total 12
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-07-20 14:34 .
> drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 2009-11-27 11:58 ..
> drwxr-xr-x 66 gary gary 4096 2009-12-03 14:39 gary
This lets me know that your home folder is setup like normal and that
it is located on sda4
> ls -la /home/gary
> total 314076
> drwxr-xr-x 66 gary gary 4096 2009-12-03 14:39 .
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-07-20 14:34 ..
> drwx------ 2 gary gary 4096 2009-11-20 12:12 .AbiSuite
> drwx------ 3 gary gary 4096 2009-10-25 18:01 .adobe
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 1817 2009-08-08 16:51 asddress2.odb
> -rw------- 1 gary gary 1891 2009-11-20 10:55 .bash_history
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 220 2009-07-20 14:34 .bash_logout
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 3115 2009-07-20 14:34 .bashrc
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 320110592 2009-10-02 21:41 brasero.iso
> drwx------ 11 gary gary 4096 2009-11-28 11:29 .cache
> drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 4096 2009-07-27 10:18 .cddb
> drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 4096 2009-09-01 21:08 .checkbox
> drwx------ 3 gary gary 4096 2009-11-26 08:35 .compiz
> drwxr-xr-x 21 gary gary 4096 2009-11-29 19:19 .config
> drwx------ 3 gary gary 4096 2009-07-20 10:39 .dbus
> drwxr-xr-x 14 gary gary 4096 2009-12-03 07:37 Desktop
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 59 2009-12-03 12:57 .dmrc
> -rw------- 1 gary gary 16 2009-07-20 10:39 .esd_auth
> drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 4096 2009-10-31 16:33 espanol dict
> drwxr-xr-x 8 gary gary 4096 2009-12-01 13:54 .evolution
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 gary gary 26 2009-10-26 15:42 Examples ->
> /usr/share/example-content
> drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 4096 2009-11-21 15:20 .FBReader
> drwx------ 2 gary gary 4096 2009-08-04 07:28 .filezilla
> drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 4096 2009-11-21 17:38 .fontconfig
> drwxr-xr-x 14 gary gary 4096 2009-11-30 07:15 garys documents
> drwx------ 5 gary gary 4096 2009-12-03 12:58 .gconf
> drwx------ 2 gary gary 4096 2009-12-03 15:00 .gconfd
> drwx------ 4 gary gary 4096 2009-11-21 17:38 .gegl-0.0
> drwxrwxrwx 2 gary gary 4096 2009-07-26 14:15 gifd
> drwxr-xr-x 22 gary gary 4096 2009-12-01 08:43 .gimp-2.6
> -rw-r----- 1 gary gary 0 2009-12-03 13:44 .gksu.lock
> drwx------ 16 gary gary 4096 2009-12-02 08:59 .gnome2
> drwx------ 2 gary gary 4096 2009-07-20 10:39 .gnome2_private
> drwx------ 2 gary gary 4096 2009-12-03 12:57 .gnupg
> drwxr-xr-x 3 gary gary 4096 2009-11-21 18:30 .google
> drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 4096 2009-10-23 07:19 .gpilotd
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 4 2009-10-23 07:19 .gpilotd.pid
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 1513 2009-07-28 09:37 .grip
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 100 2009-07-28 09:37 .grip-oggenc
> drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 4096 2009-11-27 12:28 .gstreamer-0.10
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 512 2009-12-03 13:56 .gtk-bookmarks
> dr-x------ 2 gary gary 0 2009-12-03 12:57 .gvfs
> drwxr----- 2 gary gary 4096 2009-11-14 12:32 .hplip
> -rw------- 1 gary gary 42421 2009-12-03 12:57 .ICEauthority
> drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 4096 2009-07-31 06:14 .icons
> drwxr-xr-x 3 gary gary 4096 2009-07-27 15:55 ie
> drwxr-xr-x 5 gary gary 4096 2009-07-27 16:53 .ies4linux
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 6054 2009-10-29 13:31 john'semail~
> drwx------ 3 gary gary 4096 2009-07-25 18:57 .kde
> drwx------ 3 gary gary 4096 2009-07-20 10:39 .local
> drwx------ 3 gary gary 4096 2009-10-25 18:01 .macromedia
> drwxr-xr-x 6 gary gary 4096 2009-07-28 05:56 mastercook
> drwx------ 3 gary gary 4096 2009-11-22 07:32 .mission-control
> drwx------ 5 gary gary 4096 2009-07-24 07:24 .mozilla
> drwxrwxrwx 2 gary gary 69632 2009-11-20 10:58 Music
> drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 69632 2009-11-20 10:58 musica
> drwxr-xr-x 12 gary gary 4096 2009-11-20 10:26 music albums
> drwxr-xr-x 3 gary gary 4096 2009-07-20 10:40 .nautilus
> drwxr-xr-x 3 gary gary 4096 2009-07-21 22:42 .openoffice.org
> drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 4096 2009-12-01 08:57 Photos
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 37 2009-12-02 09:16 .printer-groups.xml
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 675 2009-07-20 14:34 .profile
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 433 2009-11-12 13:31 project recycling~
> drwxr-xr-x 3 gary gary 4096 2009-07-26 11:54 Public
> drwx------ 2 gary gary 4096 2009-12-03 12:57 .pulse
> drwxr-xr-x 4 gary gary 4096 2009-07-26 06:42 pulse-backup
> -rw------- 1 gary gary 256 2009-07-20 10:39 .pulse-cookie
> drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 4096 2009-07-28 06:14 Quicken
> drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 4096 2009-07-27 14:16 quicken data
> -rw------- 1 gary gary 72562 2009-12-02 20:17 .recently-used
> -rw------- 1 gary gary 400346 2009-12-03 08:26 .recently-used.xbel
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 24188 2009-12-01 09:42 respuestas subjuntivo.odt
> drwxrwx--- 3 gary gary 4096 2009-11-19 10:33 .sane
> drwx------ 3 gary gary 4096 2009-12-03 14:37 .Skype
> drwxr-xr-x 7 gary gary 4096 2009-12-02 20:12 spanish dict for oo
> drwx------ 2 gary gary 4096 2009-10-15 22:36 .ssh
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 0 2009-07-20 14:43 .sudo_as_admin_successful
> drwxr-xr-x 4 gary gary 4096 2009-11-10 20:31 .sudoku
> drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 4096 2009-07-20 10:39 Templates
> drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 4096 2009-07-31 06:14 .themes
> drwx------ 5 gary gary 4096 2009-09-28 21:48 .thumbnails
> drwxrwxr-x 4 gary gary 4096 2009-11-28 14:20 Ubuntu One
> drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 4096 2009-07-20 14:44 .update-manager-core
> drwx------ 2 gary gary 4096 2009-10-13 08:07 .update-notifier
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14227 2009-11-03 07:13 .usb-creator.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 88596 2009-11-28 18:43 .usbcreator.log
> drwxr-xr-x 7 gary gary 4096 2009-11-20 10:51 Videos
> drwxr-xr-x 2 gary gary 4096 2009-12-01 08:57 .wapi
> drwxr-xr-x 3 gary gary 4096 2009-08-08 06:44 web
> -rw-r--r-- 1 gary gary 2 2009-07-31 23:02 .windows-serial
> drwxr-xr-x 4 gary gary 4096 2009-11-24 22:29 .wine
> drwxr-xr-x 3 gary gary 4096 2009-07-25 18:58 .xine
> -rw------- 1 gary gary 13304 2009-12-03 15:01 .xsession-errors
> -rw------- 1 gary gary 27794 2009-12-03 09:02 .xsession-errors.old
> gary at garynetbook:~$
>
What I was looking for here was the indication of a symlink to your
data drive. If you look this line:
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 gary gary 26 2009-10-26 15:42 Examples -> /usr/share/example-content
The arrow indicates that Examples is actually a symlink to the folder
/usr/share/example-content
So, from the looks of things, it looks like there are no symlinks from
your sda2 partition into your home folder. I will be honest with you
here, I don't use the GUI much for file managment, so someone might
have better answers than I do. I have copied the list back on this so
they can see it and hopefully reply. Also, I use xubuntu (with xfce
instead of gnome) so some of my menus/screens etc. look different than
yours.
Anyway, from the sound of things, you are likely clicking either on an
icon on your desktop to open your home folder and going from there to
your data partition, or going from the places menu. You could go to
your data folder icon, right click it, and choose Send To -> Desktop
and that should put an icon on the desktop straight to your data
folder.
Another option would be to put a symlink in your home folder. To do
this, you would go to the command line and issue the following
commands:
# this command will make sure you are in your home directory
cd ~/
# this command will make a symlink from your data partition into your
home directory
ln -s /media/8.04 Data
You will now have a folder in your home directory called Data that
should basically be a shortcut to your data partition.
You could also create symlinks to the most often used directories
inside of the data partition. Say for example you have a Pictures
folder in your data partition, you could enter:
ln -s /media/8.04/Pictures .
That would make your Pictures folder from the data partition show up
in your normal home folder. Before you make a symlink though, you
want to make sure you won't link over an existing folder. If you try
to, you will get a "File exists" error. In that case, replace the .
in the above command with a new name for that folder.
If you want to remove a link, you can use the unlink command.
So, for example, if you wanted to add a link from a Pictures folder
inside your data partition, call it old pictures, then remove it, you
would do the following:
ln -s /media/8.04/Pictures OldPictures
unlink /home/gary/OldPictures
The first command links the Pictures folder on the data partition into
your home folder, creating a shortcut called OldPictures
The second command undoes what the first one did.
Hopefully this should help out some and maybe get you going in the
right direction. Let me know if you have any questions.
Preston
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