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shivam89
May 27th, 2009, 02:14 PM
how can i make all my disk partitions to mount automatically at startup
JohnB-nbr
May 27th, 2009, 02:25 PM
shivam89,

I suggest you to read this page (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab). You will find what you need.
x33a
May 27th, 2009, 03:11 PM
post the output of

cat /etc/fstab
shivam89
May 28th, 2009, 06:31 PM
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda8
UUID=9d15a61d-8b2d-4a73-ae6d-cdcfe9d84436 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
x33a
May 29th, 2009, 02:54 AM
please post the output of

sudo fdisk -l
shivam89
May 29th, 2009, 06:21 AM
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x271a271a

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 4864 39070048+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 4865 19456 117210240 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 4865 9728 39070048+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 9729 10973 10000431 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 14593 19456 39070048+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda8 10974 14592 29069586 83 Linux
x33a
May 29th, 2009, 10:14 AM
download ntfs-3g and ntfs-config.


sudo aptitude install ntfs-3g ntfs-config

after that go to system -> administration -> ntfs configuration tool.

select the partitions you want to manage, and they'll be automatically mounted at startup from the next boot.