automount fat32 on boot

[alexm0428]

hi

I'm sorry if there was a thread asking the same already, but i didn't find any.

The deal is that on Ultimate Edition 1.6 the fat32 partitions were automatically mounted when the system booted up on any user, but now on Ultimate Edition 1.8 they don´t.

I still learning about where the things are on linux, that's why i don't know how to do it.

Thanks for any help

[vinca]

hi

I'm sorry if there was a thread asking the same already, but i didn't find any.

The deal is that on Ultimate Edition 1.6 the fat32 partitions were automatically mounted when the system booted up on any user, but now on Ultimate Edition 1.8 they don´t.

I still learning about where the things are on linux, that's why i don't know how to do it.

Thanks for any help

best way is to add a command for sudo mount -a to the command line and edit fstab as needed. that's what i've had to do. if you need more help or clarification post back

[alexm0428]

if you need more help or clarification post back

Yes please. I know how to edit system files, but don't know what files, where they are and what i have to add.

Please help me with all the details, as posible

thanks

[vinca]

if you need more help or clarification post back

Yes please. I know how to edit system files, but don't know what files, where they are and what i have to add.

Please help me with all the details, as posible

thanks

ok i can't do this in one breath but here goes:

fstab is /etc/fstab. sudo mount -a mounts all entries in /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab. we'll use fstab.

let's say your fat32 volume is /dev/sdc1. you can find out what it really is by typing

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sudo fdisk -l

therefore, into fstab we need to put the volume, its mount point, and some options respectively. so here goes:

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sudo fdisk -l

figure out which drive and partition is the one you want.

now we make the directory (mkdir) of the mount point.

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sudo mkdir '/media/whatever you want your mount point to be'

needs quotations if it has spaces, same applies in fstab.

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sudo gedit /etc/fstab

edits fstab

go to the bottom, type (still assuming it is /dev/sdc1, you may need to modify to what it said in sudo fdisk -l)

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/dev/sdc1 '/media/whatever you wanted your mount point to be' vfat defaults,force 0 0

the defaults sets the defaults, the force 0 0 tells it to force the mount, usually not needed, but a good precaution.

now go to system>preferences>sessions, make a new one, call it what you want and describe it how you want but the command is

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sudo mount -a

.

hope this helps, post back if i spelled something wrong or it doesn't work

[alexm0428]

Hi.

Well, it didn't work.

here is my fdisk -l result (sorry for the spanish)

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Disco /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
17 cabezas, 16 sectores/pista, 574637 cilindros
Unidades = cilindros de 272 * 512 = 139264 bytes
Identificador de disco: 0x114b114a

Disposit. Inicio    Comienzo      Fin      Bloques  Id  Sistema
/dev/sda1   *           1      154210    20972552    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda2          154211      154963      102408   83  Linux
/dev/sda3          154964      162674     1048696   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4          162675      574630    56026016    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5          162675      278326    15728664   83  Linux
/dev/sda6          278327      316877     5242928   83  Linux
/dev/sda7          316878      497528    24568528    b  W95 FAT32
/dev/sda8          497529      574630    10485864    b  W95 FAT32

Disco /dev/sdb: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes
255 cabezas, 63 sectores/pista, 9964 cilindros
Unidades = cilindros de 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Identificador de disco: 0x13ae34d1

Disposit. Inicio    Comienzo      Fin      Bloques  Id  Sistema
/dev/sdb1   *           2        9963    80019765    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5               2        4223    33913183+   b  W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb6            4224        9963    46106518+   b  W95 FAT32


the ones I care about are:
sda7 - AVIVAMIENTO
sda8 - DOCUMENTOS
sdb5 - SOFTWARE
sdb6 - VARIOS2

I created the folders on /media:

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alexander@avivados:~$ ls /media/
AVIVAMIENTO  cdrom  cdrom0  cdrom1  DOCUMENTOS  floppy  floppy0  SOFTWARE  VARIOS2


And added this on the fstab:

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/dev/sda7   /media/AVIVAMIENTO   vfat   defaults,force 0   0
/dev/sda8   /media/DOCUMENTOS   vfat   defaults,force 0   0
/dev/sdb5   /media/SOFTWARE   vfat   defaults,force 0   0
/dev/sdb6   /media/VARIOS2   vfat   defaults,force 0   0

Finally I added the sesion entry and reboot, but it didn't work

when I tryed to mount manually this was the result:

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alexander@avivados:~$ sudo mount -a
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda7,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       En algunos casos se encuentra información en syslog, pruebe
   dmesg | tail   o algo parecido

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda8,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       En algunos casos se encuentra información en syslog, pruebe
   dmesg | tail   o algo parecido

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb5,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       En algunos casos se encuentra información en syslog, pruebe
   dmesg | tail   o algo parecido

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb6,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       En algunos casos se encuentra información en syslog, pruebe
   dmesg | tail   o algo parecido


And when I typed dmesg | tail:

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alexander@avivados:~$ dmesg | tail
[ 1581.285811] FAT: Unrecognized mount option "force" or missing value
[ 1656.399457] FAT: Unrecognized mount option "force" or missing value
[ 1768.978738] FAT: Unrecognized mount option "force" or missing value
[ 1768.979138] FAT: Unrecognized mount option "force" or missing value
[ 1768.979286] FAT: Unrecognized mount option "force" or missing value
[ 1768.979438] FAT: Unrecognized mount option "force" or missing value
[ 2341.144965] FAT: Unrecognized mount option "force" or missing value
[ 2341.145569] FAT: Unrecognized mount option "force" or missing value
[ 2341.145727] FAT: Unrecognized mount option "force" or missing value
[ 2341.145864] FAT: Unrecognized mount option "force" or missing value


Thanks for your time

[vinca]

they must not be fat32.

run

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sudo gparted

and look at the partitions for each drive to see what they really are. what you did was correct, and the errors in

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alexander@avivados:~$ sudo mount -a
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda7,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       En algunos casos se encuentra información en syslog, pruebe
   dmesg | tail   o algo parecido

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda8,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       En algunos casos se encuentra información en syslog, pruebe
   dmesg | tail   o algo parecido

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb5,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       En algunos casos se encuentra información en syslog, pruebe
   dmesg | tail   o algo parecido

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb6,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       En algunos casos se encuentra información en syslog, pruebe
   dmesg | tail   o algo parecido

seemed to indicate wrong fs type.

also, the problem may have been my instructions. the force variable may only be for ntfs. you might want to try, instead of the

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defaults,force

section tu put

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umask=0000

. please note that that umask thing is only for vfat though.

[alexm0428]

Done!!!!!!!!!!

It was the umask=0000 change. The fs were fat32 and only change the options and the fstab on done

Thank you so much.

[vinca]

cool. glad it worked, always happy to see a happy ultimate user.