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Error Mounting 2nd hdd

  Date: Dec 03    Category: Unix / Linux / Ubuntu    Views: 478
  

This is the error message.

Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with:
[mntent]: line 1 in /etc/fstab is bad
mount: can't find /dev/sdc1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

Im running 9.10 and the hard drive is IDE. I was also able to use it until
recently.

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8 Answers Found

 
Answer #1    Answered On: Dec 03    

Copy your /etc/fstab file here. Sounds like /dev/sdc1 should be maybe
/dev/sdb1 or something like that. Or since it's IDE, possibly hdb1 or hdc1
would be correct.

 
Answer #2    Answered On: Dec 03    

I just went to the /etc folder and the fstab folder is missing. Could it be
hidden and if so how do I find it? I am very new to Ubuntu so I hope Im doing
this right. Would the upgrade to the Newest one solve this?

 
Answer #3    Answered On: Dec 03    

fstab is a file, not a folder. If the file isn't in the /etc folder, then I
must step aside for someone with more knowledge.

 
Answer #4    Answered On: Dec 03    

Here is what is in the file and its a Read Only file.

UUID=1674A84474A82907 /media/New Volume ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
UUID=d8942cb8-7684-437d-9ee0-88ea974372ac / ext4 defaults 0 1
UUID=56c0a65a-d1e5-44c1-bb91-bbfb215fae14 swap swap sw 0 0

 
Answer #5    Answered On: Dec 03    

To edit this file, you will need to open it from the terminal w/ super user
priveledges (i.e., gksudo gedit /ect/fstab)

I suspect the issue may be the space in "New Volume" and you would need to
add a slash ("\" to escape the space and get it to load correctly like
follows:

UUID=1674A84474A82907 /media/New\ Volume ntfs-3g defaults 0 0

HOWEVER, your best bet is probably to wait on Allen or someone to confirm
this before you try to edit it... but in theory you shouldn't have any extra
issues as long as you only edit that one line. ****VIP: before you edit
it, make a backup copy.
use "cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak" to do that from the terminal. That way if
anything goes wrong, you can restore the original from a live cd if it comes
to that.

 
Answer #6    Answered On: Dec 03    

No problem. To err is human but to really mess things up takes a computer!

 
Answer #7    Answered On: Dec 03    

it seems to work real well. I went into Root and copy and pasted
the line. Then I upgraded to 10.04. It looks like everything is working fine
but a bit slower than I expected and the close buttons are on the opposite
side. No big deal. I have my 2nd drive back and the upgrade is pretty
nice. Now to see if the DeVeDe program works.

 
Answer #8    Answered On: Dec 03    

There's a lot of info in that fstab file that is
foreign to me. I desperately need to brush up on my Linux skills. They are
starting to fall to the wayside.

 
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