I can't find a way to change a partition's mountpoint in GParted. Is it possible to do this in GParted, or do I have to edit fstab?
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I can't find a way to change a partition's mountpoint in GParted. Is it possible to do this in GParted, or do I have to edit fstab?
Thanks!
you can't do it with gparted
you will need to edit your /etc/fstab
(its actually really easy)
if you need to just post your fstab and we can help you edit it
You'll need to edit fstab. If you re-formated the partition after install make sure you note that if you need assistance editing fstab.
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Here is /etc/fstab :
I am trying to change the mountpoint of /dev/sdb1 which is a partition on my external hard drive.Code:# /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # /dev/sda5 UUID=f69966a9-c6bf-4e61-85ed-333a25809f49 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1 # /dev/sda6 UUID=06f33f5a-5d8f-460f-8eb6-a9f3dbc642e6 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
OK, I figured out that I can change the mountpoint of my external drive by right-clicking on it's desktop icon, selecting properties, selecting the volume tab, and after expanding the settings menu, I found a mountpoint input box. Huzzzah! I entered /media/SEAGATE2 (I have two external disks that identefy as SEAGATE and I wanted to be able to distinguish between them) unmounted, and then remounted. Then I get:
Unable to mount the volume 'SEAGATE'.
DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
Perhaps I used characters that are not allowed?
I can't get back to the same properties dialog. How else can I change the mountpoint?
So this is an external drive. Is the intention to have it permanently connected and accessible? If not, then I wouldn't bother with fstab, just manually mount it where you like when the drive is initially connected.
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OK, so I can manually set the mountpoint when I connect the drive.
Is there a way to have the drive mounted automatically when I connect it?
The drive is currently formatted as FAT32,but there is no data on it so I can reformat it, etc.
You'll need to add an entry similar to:
That is a very rough entry example. You'll need some information to plug into each slot before it can be effective.Code:# /dev/sdb1 UUID=<ENTER UUID HERE> <MountPoint HERE> <Partition Format HERE> defaults 0 0
1. Backup your copy of fstab:
2. Find the UUID of your partition. Connect the drive and type:Code:sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_backup
Locate the /dev/sdb1 entry and note the UUID and TYPE (partition format)Code:sudo blkid
3. Determine your mount point. Since you want to change the mount point, I assume you have a place chosen already.
4. Read over the following page to familiarize yourself with the different options involving read/write, owner, permissions, etc. since inevitably you'll want something specific.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab
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Last edited by crossedout; July 9th, 2008 at 02:27 PM. Reason: Let us know if you need assistance choosing options and writing the fstab entry.
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Thanks!
I'll have to play around with gnome-volume-manager some time.
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