I have ubuntu 14.04 and windows 10 on my laptop, dual boot. And I made some shortcuts on ubuntu for some places on partition where is widows. And it works correctly until i restart my laptop, after that, when I try to use these links, It popup text: "This link cannot be used because its target “/media/maksim/BECCBAE3CCBA94DD1/Users/Maksim/Desktop” doesn't exist."
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you have to set permanent mount point for your windows-partition! otherwise this is like looking for a file on a usb-stick without attaching it...! :-/
to achieve this first you have to identify the right (windows-)partition:
open a terminal, type sudo blkid
and you should get a list with all your partitions like this:
user@computer ~ $ sudo blkid
/dev/sda1: LABEL="Root" UUID="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda2: UUID="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="windows" UUID="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" TYPE="ntfs"
there may be more entries but if you labeled your partitions it wont be hard. copy the UUID of the desired partition for the next step.
then type sudo gedit /etc/fstab
and simply add the following line:
UUID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx /mnt/windows ntfs defaults,nls=utf8 0 0
pay attention to the following:
- between every of the 6 entries use 1 tab stop, not spaces. - and don't use spaces within the blocks!
- the UUID is the one you looked for, BUT without the quotes.
- with
/mnt/your_destination
the windows-drive won't show up in the file manager like external drives. - if you have to use a mount point (
/mnt/your_destination
) with spaces use quotes (/mnt/"your destination"
).
save the file and close gedit.
the last step is to create the chosen mount point:
type sudo mkdir /mnt/your_destination
and you are ready to go.
restart the computer or just type sudo mount -a
and it will work.
-
if it is to hard for you to find the correct partition with
sudo blkid
maybe uselsblk
orsudo fdisk -l
to identify the right one... or simply use/dev/sdX0
as identification. Oct 20, 2015 at 12:44