gcryall
March 22nd, 2009, 03:48 PM
I am a newbie so bear with me if this seems like I should have know it.
I want to modify the /etc/fstab file to mount a drive that happens to be in one of those docking devices (i.e. you can swap out the drive that resides in the docking station). It is mounted as IDE.
This docking drive is not the boot drive and does not get mounted automatically at startup. I want to modify the /etc/fstab file to remedy this situation since I want to do some automatic backups to that drive. However I cant figure out what to use ad the file system name.
My problem is that I dont understand the differences between the /etc/fstab file and what the Linux fdsik command shows.
Here are my listings.
geo@Linux-Desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for geo:
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009317c
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 9327 74919096 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 9328 9729 3229065 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 9328 9729 3229033+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xfb014a86
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 9729 78148161 b W95 FAT32
This appears to show /dev/sda as the boot drive
However when I go to the /etc/fstab file, it shows the following:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=be48bb68-c2a9-445a-98f4-becf85cb8898 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sdb5
UUID=dda3fc67-9d2e-4236-9b54-e8d6f4076e9f none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
Which shows /dev/sdb as the boot drive.
So the crux of it is that I dont want to specify the wrong file system name in the /etc/fstab file and mess the system up.
Can anyone help me with this problem or offer any direction. It would be greatly appreciated.
I want to modify the /etc/fstab file to mount a drive that happens to be in one of those docking devices (i.e. you can swap out the drive that resides in the docking station). It is mounted as IDE.
This docking drive is not the boot drive and does not get mounted automatically at startup. I want to modify the /etc/fstab file to remedy this situation since I want to do some automatic backups to that drive. However I cant figure out what to use ad the file system name.
My problem is that I dont understand the differences between the /etc/fstab file and what the Linux fdsik command shows.
Here are my listings.
geo@Linux-Desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for geo:
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009317c
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 9327 74919096 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 9328 9729 3229065 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 9328 9729 3229033+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xfb014a86
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 9729 78148161 b W95 FAT32
This appears to show /dev/sda as the boot drive
However when I go to the /etc/fstab file, it shows the following:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=be48bb68-c2a9-445a-98f4-becf85cb8898 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sdb5
UUID=dda3fc67-9d2e-4236-9b54-e8d6f4076e9f none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
Which shows /dev/sdb as the boot drive.
So the crux of it is that I dont want to specify the wrong file system name in the /etc/fstab file and mess the system up.
Can anyone help me with this problem or offer any direction. It would be greatly appreciated.