[SOLVED] problem with music

Ok it isn't really a problem. Here is what I want to do.

I either need to add my additional hdd (IDE) to the fstab (I have no idea how) to get it to automount. OR I need to copy my mp3 folder to my filesystem. I would just copy the folder to my home directory but I setup my system using 3 partitions. (a /root,/home, and a swap). The home directory only has 5GB free. The mp3 folder is 14GB.

I am forgetting to mount my hdd and when I startup Amarok it goes retarted on me and then I have to "find" all my mp3 files again.

If you have any suggestions other than what I have above then I would be glad to read them. I am still learning Linux commands etc and am using Ubuntu 8.04 as a primary OS now. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by stalkier

Ok it isn't really a problem. Here is what I want to do.

I either need to add my additional hdd (IDE) to the fstab (I have no idea how) to get it to automount. OR I need to copy my mp3 folder to my filesystem. I would just copy the folder to my home directory but I setup my system using 3 partitions. (a /root,/home, and a swap). The home directory only has 5GB free. The mp3 folder is 14GB.

I am forgetting to mount my hdd and when I startup Amarok it goes retarted on me and then I have to "find" all my mp3 files again.

If you have any suggestions other than what I have above then I would be glad to read them. I am still learning Linux commands etc and am using Ubuntu 8.04 as a primary OS now. Thanks.

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To automount your other drive, you can insert this line of text on your /etc/fstab file (at the bottom-most of the file).

/dev/sda2 /media/sda2 ntfs defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 1

just replace the sda2 with the drive that corresponds to your own drive.

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

No good. It won't automount. :(

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=9492fca5-2901-42a2-9e1c-39722f161e93 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda2
UUID=58bfea79-ed14-4f42-a92f-8fb7ddd86f1f /home ext3 relatime 0 2
# /dev/sda3
UUID=5a6048c7-8f4e-442e-b5df-7d8ed7d0aef6 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/sda2 /media/sdb1 ntfs defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 1

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Originally Posted by stalkier

No good. It won't automount. :(

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=9492fca5-2901-42a2-9e1c-39722f161e93 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda2
UUID=58bfea79-ed14-4f42-a92f-8fb7ddd86f1f /home ext3 relatime 0 2
# /dev/sda3
UUID=5a6048c7-8f4e-442e-b5df-7d8ed7d0aef6 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/sda2 /media/sdb1 ntfs defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 1

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Post your fstab, so we know what to automount:

sudo fstab -l

(that's small L)

john@john-desktop:~$ sudo fstab -l
sudo: fstab: command not found
john@john-desktop:~$

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Originally Posted by stalkier

john@john-desktop:~$ sudo fstab -l
sudo: fstab: command not found
john@john-desktop:~$

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My mistake (doing three jobs at a time), make that :-)

sudo fdisk -l

Not a problem buddy. I appreciate your help.

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john@john-desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000a8122

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 3650 29318593+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 3651 4500 6827625 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 4501 4865 2931862+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3f573ac5

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 9963 80027766 7 HPFS/NTFS
john@john-desktop:~$

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Try this:

sudo mkdir /media/windrive

sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
sudo gedit /etc/fstab

and paste this line of the very end of fstab file

/dev/sdb1 /media/windrive ntfs defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 1

then restart

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Originally Posted by iaculallad

Try this:

sudo mkdir /media/windrive

sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
sudo gedit /etc/fstab

and paste this line of the very end of fstab file

/dev/sdb1 /media/windrive ntfs defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 1

then restart

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Thank you mt friend. It works like a charm. I thought it didn't work at first because it did not have a icon on the desktop. It did work though and I imported my mp3 folder once again and then restarted to see if it stuck. It did indeed. Thanks again for your time.

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Originally Posted by stalkier

Thank you mt friend. It works like a charm. I thought it didn't work at first because it did not have a icon on the desktop. It did work though and I imported my mp3 folder once again and then restarted to see if it stuck. It did indeed. Thanks again for your time.

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No problem, You're very much welcome. Go Ubuntu.