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Re: How to add a mount point in fstab?



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On 07/05/08 18:34, hce wrote:
> On 7/4/08, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
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>>  On 07/04/08 00:47, hce wrote:
>>  > Hi,
>>  >
>>  > I have a partition in /dev/sda6 which is manually mounted to my user
>>  > directory ~/work every time when I start the x window. Is following
>>  > command correct to add /dev/sda6 in to the fstab?
>>  >
>>  > /dev/sda6  /hom/mycount/work ext3 0 0
>>
>>
>> You're missing the "options" field.  Try this, where $YOU is your
>>  username:
>>
>>  /dev/sda6  /hom/mycount/work ext3 defaults,noauto,user=$YOU 0 0
>>
>>  Changing topic: what ensures that the kernel will always see that
>>  device as sda, instead of sdb?
> 
> The sda6 is actually a harddisk partition (not for usb stick). kernel
> should have no problem to see it.

Is this your only internal (including optical) SATA drive?  Maybe
your CD/DVD drive is IDE?

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

"Kittens give Morbo gas.  In lighter news, the city of New New
York is doomed."
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