Questions about mounting filesystems automatically, either at boot time or when plugging in
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Automount of external hard disk
I have an Intenso 6002560 1TB Memory Station - an external hard disk. This hard disk gets connected via Y-USB cable. When I connect both USB-ends to my Notebook, it gets recognized by my Ubuntu ...
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Automount - ACL error - Ubuntu 12.10 [closed]
This question has been asked by Pedro (user:88951).
As it concerns Quantal, the topic had been closed.
I had the same problem and found, that by adding a directory with my username to
/media ...
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Auto-select external soundcard?
Just got an external USB sound card because my internal speakers broke. The new sound card works just fine after plugging it in and going to System Settings > Sound, and then selecting the device.
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Ubuntu 12.04 Server auto mount usb to static location
I am trying to get a USB external hard drive (ext4) to automatically mount when it is plugged in. I used to have it working but has since stopped. I have tried the usbmount package however it will ...
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Disable auto-opening nautilus window after auto-mount
Every time I plug a USB stick in, nautilus opens a new window with the contents of the drive. I would like to disable this auto-opening of the nautilus window, but I would like the actual auto-mount ...
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Mounting Samba Shares at boot/login and using script
I have a Server running on desktop, since my aunt that lives with me is taking classes for MS office it is currently booting XP,
so i have setup sharing of all my drives so i can access my files
but ...
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fstab missing on Ubuntu 12.04.1
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04.1 and there is no /etc/fstab
This must be new in 12.04.1 because I was running 12.04 months ago and it was there. I didn't do an upgrade I did a clean install. Where has ...
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Ubuntu Server auto mount with fstab?
I followed this guide here: http://ubuntuserverhelp.com/mounting-with-fstab/
It worked after one reboot but after a apt-get update/upgrade it won't auto mount the /dev/sd drives anymore?
Anyone have ...
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Problems auto-mounting with fstab
I followed this guide: http://ubuntuserverhelp.com/mounting-with-fstab/
It seemed to work after one reboot but after a apt-get update/upgrade it won't auto mount the /dev/sd drives anymore?
Anyone ...
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How to auto-mount a copied encrypted home
How can I auto-mount and use my encrypted home that I copied to another partition on the same hard disk?
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10. My encrypted home is on sda1. There I've 2 users: userA and userB. ...
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How can I mount a fat filesystem automatically as Ubuntu starts?
I have a dual boot System with an Ubuntu-Filesystem a Windows Filesystem and another FAT Filesystem on my harddrive. My Thunderbird configuration is on that FAT partition.
I tried different tools, but ...
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Sharing an encrypted home directory between Ubuntu installs
I am trying to "share" a home directory between two separate Ubuntu installations. On my HDD I have an Ubuntu 11.04 installation with a separate /home partition that uses encryption. My data currently ...
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Loss of iPod nano connection via VirtualBox and iTunes
I use VirtualBox 4.12 with Ubuntu 12.04, and up until a couple of days ago I was able to sync my iPod nano, my iPod Classic and my iPad via Windows XP and iTunes.
A few days ago, when I connected the ...
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All files on automounted NTFS partition are marked as executable
I have set up an NTFS partition to automount via fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with ...
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Store the passphrase of encrypted disk in /etc/crypttab encrypted
I'm wondering, if I can store the passphrase of an encrypted disk in /etc/crypttab encrypted - and only possible to decrypt that by that OS, where I created. Is it possible?
(because, I want auto ...
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How to get rid of devices in the left panel of Nautilus?
I would like to rid of not mounted ntfs partition from Nautilus' right panel ( I just want 352 GB Filesystem - d drive to be there.
First of all 352 GB Filesystem is in fact d so I do not know why ...
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How to automount removable devices with options?
I'd like to automount (using the XFCE desktop) USB devices with Btrfs. This works as with any other filesystem just by plugging it in and waiting for two or three seconds for it to appear under ...
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How to launch Ubuntu without pressing F1 in Macbook 4.1
I am using a Macbook4.1. WHen I use sudo lshw -C disk this pops up:
*-cdrom
description: DVD writer
product: DVD-R UJ-867
vendor: MATSHITA
physical ...
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Sometimes Windows 7 NAS cannot be mounted
I can successfully connect my Xubuntu PC (cable-connected to office network) to a Windows NAS using this line in /etc/fstab:
//Hall/Share /media/HallShare cifs ...
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How can I prevent ubuntu from mounting particular partitions/deivices?
I would like to stop Ubuntu from mounting my other (Windows') partitions automatically (since I do not need it really often - and especially I would like not to automount "System reserved" partition ...
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Why is ecryptfs only mounting private home directory over ssh?
The title says it all; my 12.04 server box will only decrypt and mount my home directory if I log in over SSH. Last night I needed some data off my server but I had left my laptop with my private keys ...
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How can I prevent a standard account to mount a specific partition?
I have a root account from which I do all of my tasks. I set up my partitions to mount at startup. I have also created an account for my younger brother. I do not want him to access specific ...
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How to make hdd's mount at startup in ubuntu 12.04
How do you make HDDs and partitions mount at startup with the ubuntu system?
I always keep my media and data files on separate partitions - one 2tb HDD and a 400 odd gig partition. I have been ...
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Network volume names now end with dash, fstab fails to mount
In Ubuntu 12.04, I finally figured out how to automount my password-protected NAS drive using fstab, but it stopped working after a recent update. I can still find the drive on the network, but after ...
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where camera are mounted?
I have a canon PowerShot A3100 IS camera, and, as written in the title, I wanted to know where does the automount mount it when I connect it.
Does anyone know ?
thank you,
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NAS Storage not auto-mounting on-load
I'm using a GoFlex Home Storage device from Seagate.
Now that I've figured out how to auto-mount my NAS storage by editing fstab. I'm having another issue.
sudo mount -a on a started system mounts ...
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How to turn off “automatic display of contents” feature when a USB stick is attached
I know it's something quite minimal but I don't really like it when every time I insert a USB stick, the contents of the drive are immediately displayed in a "splash-like" way. How do I turn this off ...
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shotwell bugs with a canon PowerShot A3100 IS
Well, I have a canon PowerShot A3100 IS, and I have some problems while importing videos.
When I try to copy them, it simply doesn't work, and when I try to import them, it starts buging, and the ...
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Nautilus volume mounting [closed]
My Windows partition is appearing in the sidebar of nautilus under the label of "Devices". Its tooltip is "Mount and Open ". To my understanding, this should mount the volume when i click it. However, ...
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Accessing DVD or USB drive [closed]
When I insert a DVD or USB drive into the computer it does not open. Are there additional drivers that I need to install? I know the USB drive is working because I installed Ubuntu using it.
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Disable mount for internal HDDs
I'm fairly new to Ubuntu (I'm using 12.04) and I am looking for a way to make it so that when I boot from my USB stick the internal HDDs of the computer I'm using dont mount. I would also like to know ...
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Nautilus uses different permissions for mounted drives
I've written two bash scripts to give read-only or read/write access to my NTFS partition:
read-only access:
sudo umount /media/Data_Drive/
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o ...
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usb drive not automounting, and manual mount only lets root copy files
My sandisk cruzer 8GB flash drive doesn't automount anymore when I plug it in. lsscsi:
$ lsscsi
[0:0:0:0] disk ATA TOSHIBA MK6476GS GS00 /dev/sda
[2:0:0:0] cd/dvd hp CDDVDW ...
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How to mount fat32 automatically to manage pictures in Shotwell
I use Shotwell to manage my picture library.
The pictures are all on a fat32 partition, as I want to be able to access them as well from Windows.
With the fresh installation of Ubuntu 12.04 I always ...
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ecryptfs and ssh pubkey login - How automount and other stuff?
I have moved my ssh authorized_keys to an /etc/ssh/ subfolder, so I can login with pubkeys and have root in control of ssh access, but there are 2 problems left.
It does not automount my users ...
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how to display list of partition under 'Go' menu [closed]
I'm installing ubuntu 12.04 on my asus A43S notebook, but couldn't see any other partition under the 'Go' menu.
I tried 'sudo fdisk -l' seems fine, it displays all partition.
I also installed ubuntu ...
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Any easy way to have ubuntu remount all currently mounted devices on reboot?
Any easy way to have ubuntu remount all currently mounted devices on reboot?
I know that I can add the entries to fstab, but I would prefer a method that would just "remember" what I currently have ...
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One of the partion on a usb harddisk cannot automount
It is a very strange problem. My usb harddisk has four partitions, one is primary, the other three are logical (contained within an extended partition). When I plug in the disk, three of the ...
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Automounting partitions on 1TB external hard disk
I am on Kubuntu 12.04.
I have five labelled ext4 partitions on an external removable 1 TB external USB hard drive.
When the drive is plugged in, a box pops up, asking me what I want to do for each ...
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Bad fstab, can't seem to fix
edit: Another thing that compounded/compounds the problem is that pysdm lets you add spaces in drive mount points, which I am pretty sure are not supported.
edit: So. I downloaded a program that ...
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Disable automount notification for usb-drive
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 with Gnome Shell and on my computer I have a usb-drive (with two partitions) that are always plugged in. When I login there is always a notification that they have been mounted. ...
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Nautilus does not mount usb storage automatically
devices are recognized and can be mounted using mount command (see Ubuntu 12.04 stopped suddenly to recognize all usb storage.) but are not automatically mounted.
using Ubuntu 12.04 on dell Lattitude ...
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How can I get rid of the motd message “*** /dev/sdb1 will be checked for errors at next reboot ***”? [duplicate]
My motd persistently has:
*** /dev/sdb1 will be checked for errors at next reboot ***
The problem is that I don't have /dev/sdb1 on my system.
I only have /dev/sdb2 (mouted as /) and /dev/sda1 ...
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problem mounting ntfs drive automatically
i have a few ntfs drives which i want ubuntu to auto-mount, as a sample i tried it for 1 drive
i included this line in "fstab"
/dev/sda2 /home/tejas/Tejas! ntfs users,defaults,umask=000 ...
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trying to automount windows fstab [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to mount NTFS drive at startup
I'm trying to automount my windows partition with fstab and I just can't get it right. I've done this many times before and for some ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. What is the best and most reliable method to mount a NTFS partition? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to automount NTFS partitions?
... and having full access on it plus auto mount option on Ubuntu startup?
Thanks,
Dave
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When automount ntfs partition, all file were marked “Allow executing file as program”
I edited /etc/fstab to automount NTFS partition, then all file were marked "Allow executing file as program". How can I fix it?
EDIT:
When I double click any text file, it didn't show immediately, a ...
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External Hardisk not automounting in Ubuntu 10.04? [closed]
This is my first Question in this forum.
I am not able to mount or see the external device(Sea gate 500Gb) Harddisk) getting mounted in Ubuntu 10.04.
Following is the output of dmesh | tail .
[ ...
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How to mount ntfs drive to home folder? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to automount NTFS partitions?
I have 300 gb NTFS drive with documents folder on it.
Is it possible to automount /media/300gb/documents to home/documents at system ...
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External Hard Drive mounting with no write permissions [closed]
I installed ntfsprogs to fix a problem in a external HD, now ALL my external HD are being automatically mounted with read-only permission.
I can mount with write permission if I use the ntfsmount ...
