Drives Mount Read-Only

[Netzilla]

I recently re-formatted two of my drives, one internal and one external from FAT32 to ext2 and ext3. However, now both of these drives will only mount read-only. If anyone can help me, I would be very greatful. The drives in question are /dev/hdd1 (internal, ext3) and /dev/sda6 (external, ext2)

******* Contents of /etc/fstab ********
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda1 /media/hda1 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
/dev/hda5 /media/hda5 vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
/dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1 vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
/dev/hdd1 /media/hdd1 ext3 rw,suid,dev,exec,auto,nouser,async 0 1
/dev/hdb2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
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******* Results of fdisk -l ********
Disk /dev/hda: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1216 9767488+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 1217 4998 30378915 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 1217 4998 30378883+ b W95 FAT32

Disk /dev/hdb: 6480 MB, 6480101376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 787 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 255 2048256 b W95 FAT32
/dev/hdb2 724 787 514080 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hdb3 256 723 3759210 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/hdd: 20.4 GB, 20491075584 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2491 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdd1 1 2491 20008926 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2 4862 39045982+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 2 2551 20482843+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda6 2552 4862 18563076 83 Linux
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[taurus]

How do you mount those two drives, /dev/hdd1 & /dev/sda6? You can edit /etc/fstab

gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
and add these two lines to the end of it.

/dev/hdd1 /media/hdd1 ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda6 /media/sda6 ext2 defaults 0 1
Save the changes. Then, create two mount points and mount them.

sudo mkdir /media/hdd1 /media/sda6
sudo mount -a
df -h
Now, if you want to be able to write to them, then just change the ownership of those two mount points from root to your login name, assuming it's netzilla.

sudo chown -R netzilla:netzilla /media/hdd1
sudo chown -R netzilla:netzilla /media/sda6
ls -la /media

[Netzilla]

How do you mount those two drives, /dev/hdd1 & /dev/sda6?

In the case of hdd1, it's just mounted on bootup from the fstab parameters. For the sda6 (my external drive), it's auto-detected by Ubuntu. Prior to the re-format, both of these drives mounted as Read/Write.


You can edit /etc/fstab

gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
and add these two lines to the end of it.

/dev/hdd1 /media/hdd1 ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda6 /media/sda6 ext2 defaults 0 1
Save the changes. Then, create two mount points and mount them.

sudo mkdir /media/hdd1 /media/sda6
sudo mount -a
df -h


I've tried various edits of the fstab file, including using the "defaults" setting and while the drives mount, they were still read-only.


Now, if you want to be able to write to them, then just change the ownership of those two mount points from root to your login name, assuming it's netzilla.

sudo chown -R netzilla:netzilla /media/hdd1
sudo chown -R netzilla:netzilla /media/sda6
ls -la /media

Hmmm. Looking at the drive's properties, it does say that "root" is the owner, so this is probably my problem. Will I have to do this manually every time I boot into Ubuntu or is there a way I can configure it to do this automatically?

Thanks for the help.