I don't understant wich is the disk you want to access, but I can see one that is ntfs which will require ntfs-3g. and you don't have the disk in fstab, you should put it there. Can you tall us wich is the new disk? <div>2007/8/22, Ross Schoenauer <<a href="mailto:ross_s@cmc.net">ross_s@cmc.net</a>>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I have the hd installed and it will mount to my desk top but I can not access it for R/W. Attached is some information on the install. I entered these commands in terminal: sudo fdisk -l mount cat /etc/fstab ross@ross-desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 19457 156288321 83 Linux Disk /dev/hda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 848 17529 133998165 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2 1 847 6803496 b W95 FAT32 /dev/hda3 17530 30071 100743615 83 Linux /dev/hda4 30072 30401 2650725 5 Extended /dev/hda5 30072 30401 2650693+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris Partition table entries are not in disk order ross@ross-desktop :~$ mount /dev/hda3 on / type ext3 (rw,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) procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) 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/2.6.20-16-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw) nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw) rpc_pipefs on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) /dev/hdc on /media/cdrom0 type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=ross) /dev/sda1 on /media/disk type ext3 (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) /dev/hda1 on /media/disk-1 type ntfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,umask=222,utf8) /dev/hda2 on /media/RECOVERY type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,utf8,umask=077) ross@ross-desktop:~$ cat /etc/fstab ross@ross-desktop:~$ mount /dev/hda3 on / type ext3 (rw,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) procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) 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/2.6.20-16-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw) nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw) rpc_pipefs on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) /dev/hdc on /media/cdrom0 type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=ross) /dev/sda1 on /media/disk type ext3 (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) /dev/hda1 on /media/disk-1 type ntfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,umask=222,utf8) /dev/hda2 on /media/RECOVERY type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,utf8,umask=077) ross@ross-desktop:~$ cat /etc/fstab # /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/hda3 : UUID=c7cc0866-581a-439a-bf23-a0a6184a1308 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 # Entry for /dev/hda5 : UUID=fae5081c-09ea-412e-a3e4-43558a35ba6d none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 ross@ross-desktop:~$ Thanks for the help. -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>