Rhythmbox importing library

[tone33]

So I've got Ubuntu x64 running dual boot with Vista. I can import my music library (mp3's) from a vista ntfs drive without issue, but every time I restart my machine I have to reimport - what's the skinny?

[Dynamo_Joe]

Hi tone33,

Is your NTFS drive automatically mounted at boot-up in Ubnuntu?

If not, then the behaviour is normal because Rhythmbox will assume that the drive does not exist all the time and will require re-import every time.

Try mounting the NTFS drive first then open Rhythmbox and you will find that you do not need to re-import the folder(s) again.

[tone33]

The drive shows up in the file browser on every boot - doesn't that mean it's being mounted?

[Xiong Chiamiov]

The drive shows up in the file browser on every boot - doesn't that mean it's being mounted?
It depends on where it's showing up. Ubuntu will automatically mount some drives when you double-click them in the media folder (or whatever it is in Gnome). Could you please copy and paste the your fstab here?

gedit /etc/fstab

will open it up for easy viewing.

[Dynamo_Joe]

Hi tone33,

The drive "showing up in the file browser" doesn't actually mean it is mounted ... usually it requires a "double-click" and another "click" before you can actually see the contents of the drive ... when you can "browse" the contents of the drive, then it is "mounted".

Try "double-clicking" on the NTFS drive and then try accessing it. Once you can see the contents, then start Rhythmbox and you shouldn't need to re-import the folder(s) again.

Hope this helps.

[tone33]

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda2
UUID=791fa0ab-a395-407b-990e-16c37d50630f / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda4
UUID=a6f2191a-db43-424f-99b4-dad41b88fd3d none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/scd1 /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0



you guys rock. thanks for all the responses-i'm learning so much about linux already. I can browse it easily once I double click on it.. Need to read up a little on this /etc/fstab file and figure out what it does.. looks like drive mounting instructions