[SOLVED] Automount Fat32 partition with fstab

[jonwestin]

Hey. Im trying to automount my data disk which is a fat32 partition.
I added this:

/dev/sda6 /media/disk vfat auto, user, exec, rw, async 0 0

to fstab and created the directory, but when I restarted and tried to open the disk in "Places" it said that it could find or create (cant remember) /media/disk in /etc/fstab...? What does that mean?

[jonwestin]

this is what is says, either if i add the disk to fstab or just try and mount it in a terminal.

jon@flaptop:~$ mount /media/disk
mount: can't find /media/disk in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

[ErroneousBosch]

jon-

You are not telling mount what to mount. The command format is this:
mount <what to mount> <where to mount> <options>
e.g.
mount /dev/sda /media/disk

[jonwestin]

jon-

You are not telling mount what to mount. The command format is this:
mount <what to mount> <where to mount> <options>
e.g.
mount /dev/sda /media/disk


Ah allright, i tried

jon@flaptop:~$ sudo mount /dev/sda6 /media/disk


which worked just fine. BUT, i want to be able to access the disk right away when i login, so that i can start up media player, torrents, etc.. which is not working, all it gives me is


[mntent]: line 15 in /etc/fstab is bad

and that line looks like:


UUID=C8F8-03C6 /media/disk vfat auto defaults 0 0

soo, whats wrong? :(

[sisco311]

Ah allright, i tried

jon@flaptop:~$ sudo mount /dev/sda6 /media/disk
which worked just fine. BUT, i want to be able to access the disk right away when i login, so that i can start up media player, torrents, etc.. which is not working, all it gives me is


[mntent]: line 15 in /etc/fstab is badand that line looks like:


UUID=C8F8-03C6 /media/disk vfat auto defaults 0 0soo, whats wrong? :(

Try:

UUID=C8F8-03C6 /media/disk vfat defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0 1and make sure the /media/disk directory exists:

sudo mkdir /media/disk
sudo mount -ato test if works.

[jonwestin]

Try:
and make sure the /media/disk directory exists:

sudo mkdir /media/disk
sudo mount -ato test if works.

allright, i got this to work already, it was just a syntax problem in fstab, no spaces are allowed between the properties thingy. but now i cant write to the disk >_<

what does umask=007,gid=46 0 1 mean?

my fstab now looks like

UUID=C8F8-03C6 /media/disk vfat auto,user,exec,rw,async 0 0

[sisco311]

allright, i got this to work already, it was just a syntax problem in fstab, no spaces are allowed between the properties thingy. but now i cant write to the disk >_<

what does umask=007,gid=46 0 1 mean?

my fstab now looks like

UUID=C8F8-03C6 /media/disk vfat auto,user,exec,rw,async 0 0
The first creates the mount point if doesn't exist. And the second mounts all the partitions from the fstab.

umask=007 will set the permissions on the partition to 770:
owner = read/write/execute
group = read/write/execute
others = no permissions

gid=47 will set the group to plugdev

umask=007,gid=46 - allows read/write/execute permissions for the users from the plugdev group.
Use:

idto check if your user is in the plugdev group and

sudo addgroup username plugdevto add the user to the group

[jonwestin]

The first creates the mount point if doesn't exist. And the second mounts all the partitions from the fstab.

umask=007 will set the permissions on the partition to 770:
owner = read/write/execute
group = read/write/execute
others = no permissions

gid=47 will set the group to plugdev

i dont get this really :) what do i need to do to make my newly mounted drive writeable? i thought the rw command in fstab would allow that.. should i use the umask command aswell as the ones i have, or just change to defaults? cause i want it automounted when i start the computer and in defaults i think its noauto, right?

[sisco311]

from man mount:

defaults
Use default options: rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, and async.rw is not a valid option for fat and ntfs partitions and it's ignored.
You need to setup the permissions with the umask and gid options.
Use this: defaults,umask=007,gid=46

[jonwestin]

from man mount:
rw is not a valid option for fat and ntfs partitions and it's ignored.
You need to setup the permissions with the umask and gid options.
Use this: defaults,umask=007,gid=46

ah your right, im tired and hungover.. its nouser not noauto. anyways, i tried your suggestion and it works fine! now i can start up progs and use gnome-do from login. thanks mate!